Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
July 14, 2025 16:10 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Normal swimming 30

Ramsey bay

Alistair Sutherland
July 13, 2025 15:00 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Throwing fish 10

Port e Vullen

Di Swayne
July 12, 2025 15:30 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Not recorded 1

Whitestrand beach

Emily & David Clegg
July 12, 2025 14:00 Common dolphin 30 10 Bow riding 20

Dalby point

Casey J Fishing Charters
July 11, 2025 09:30 Risso’s dolphin 5 0 Normal swimming 15

Peel

Tom Teggart & Alana Diamond
July 11, 2025 10:00 Bottlenose dolphin 15 5 Bow riding 15

3.5 miles off Peel

Girtz P
July 10, 2025 10:45 Risso’s dolphin 15 5 Normal swimming 55

5 miles off Niarbyl

Jane young
July 10, 2025 18:50 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Boat interaction (not riding bow) 180

Peel breakwater

Caroline McGillion, Jay
July 10, 2025 08:30 Risso’s dolphin 25 5 Normal swimming 15

Dalby

Casey J Fishing Charters
July 9, 2025 10:00 Common dolphin 8 0 Feeding or foraging 10

Halfway between Douglas and heysham

Jack Ashton-Booth
July 9, 2025 10:40 Risso’s dolphin 3 0 Tail slapping 10

2 miles SSE of Calf Sound

Martin Lambden
July 9, 2025 15:00 Risso’s dolphin 4 0 Normal swimming 40

Kallow Point to the Chasms

Martin Lambden, Jeremy Paul
July 9, 2025 19:00 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Normal swimming 10

Port St Mary, just off Mona’s Queen memorial.

Paul Woods
July 8, 2025 20:30 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Bow riding 20

Ramsey Bay, North

Paul Caine
July 6, 2025 14:20 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Normal swimming 5

Port Erin

Jill and Bri, Garry Owen

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
July 14, 2022 07:30 1 Suspected feeding 5 3 miles off Contrary head Max Crookall
July 12, 2022 03:00 2 Swimming 120 Port Erin Bay Charles Leclerc
July 11, 2022 10:40 1 1 Suspected feeding 7 1nm SE of South Harbour, Calf of Man David Bellamy & Robert Fisher
July 10, 2022 21:20 1 Suspected feeding 6 Three and a half miles NW of Calf Sound Dermot Shimmin
July 5, 2022 09:00 1 3 Suspected feeding 120 1 km off White Strand & Gob-Y-Deigan Ian Judd
July 5, 2022 15:45 1 Swimming 15 Niarbyl Bay Georgina Franks, Lauren Slater
July 5, 2022 15:00 1 1 Swimming 180 Peel breakwater Colin Lawrenson, Alistair Sutherland and other
July 4, 2022 12:00 3 Suspected feeding 200 Peel breakwater to the headlands Andi young, Neil Westwood, The Mitchell family
July 3, 2022 14:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 Glen Maye – Peel Hill David R
July 3, 2022 15:55 1 Suspected feeding 10 150-200m off Peel Castle Mike Davies
June 30, 2022 13:50 1 1 Suspected feeding 15 Scarlett Virginia Keig
June 30, 2022 16:24 0 0 1 Swimming 2 North coast of the Calf of Man Tom Morgan and Gemma Scotts
June 27, 2022 12:00 1 Suspected feeding 5 3 miles west of Peel Max Crookall
June 23, 2022 16:45 1 1 Suspected feeding 1 Half a mile north of Calf Sound Malcolm Stewart
June 22, 2022 18:15 1 2 Suspected feeding 20 Herring tower Langness Richard and Janice Cooil