Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
November 2, 2025 09:15 Bottlenose dolphin 6 3 Feeding or foraging 15

Laxey bay

Shane Stigant
November 2, 2025 10:30 Bottlenose dolphin 16 4 Feeding or foraging 20

Laxey Bay, 2km off shore

Shane Stigant
November 2, 2025 14:15 Bottlenose dolphin 3 0 Aggression 5

Laxey bay, 1km out from beach

Shane Stigant
October 28, 2025 08:45 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Feeding or foraging 15

Peel breakwater

Mike
October 24, 2025 16:15 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Normal swimming 10

Laxey bay

Karen Corkill
October 22, 2025 11:00 Fin whale 2 0 Blowing 5

Sighted off Port Cornaa beach.

Ali Robertson
October 22, 2025 08:30 Bottlenose dolphin 13 2 Feeding or foraging 30

Laxey bay

Shane Stigant
October 17, 2025 09:23 Risso’s dolphin 6 0 Normal swimming 10

Off the east coast of the Calf of Man, near the Lighthouses

Sean Corlett
October 16, 2025 14:35 Harbour porpoise 4 1 Feeding or foraging 10

Perwick Bay, Port St Mary

Peter Quirk
October 16, 2025 13:00 Harbour porpoise 3 Feeding or foraging 30

Carrick Bay, various sites

Martin Lambden
October 15, 2025 10:30 Minke whale 1 Feeding or foraging 10

Laxey Bay

Shane Stigant
October 14, 2025 15:51 Moonlight and Starlight 2 0 Feeding or foraging 15

Peel Breakwater

Ron Guest
October 14, 2025 08:00 Minke whale 1 Feeding or foraging 5

Laxey bay

Shane Stigant
October 13, 2025 18:20 Bottlenose dolphin 6 0 Feeding or foraging 30

Middle of Laxey bay

MWDW
October 12, 2025 13:00 Bottlenose dolphin 12 0 Fast swim or porpoising 15

Maughold Head

Ian

Recent basking shark sightings

Date Time # of sharks (<2m) # of sharks (2-8m) # of sharks (>8m) Total # of Sharks Behaviour Duration Location Observer
April 29, 2022 17:00 1 Suspected feeding 15 Eary Cushlin Nicola