Recent cetacean sightings

Date Time Species Adult Juveniles Behaviour Duration Location Observer
02/12/2023 15:00 Moonlight and Starlight 1 1 Feeding or foraging 60

Port Erin bay

02/12/2023 12:00 Bottlenose Dolphin 15 0 Normal swimming 15

Off Laxey Bay

David Bellamy & Robert Fisher
01/12/2023 11:00 Common Dolphin 1 1 Fast swim or porpoising 240

4 miles off Peel

Fishermen
25/11/2023 14:40 Moonlight and Starlight 1 1 Bow riding 50

Peel bay

MWDW
25/11/2023 11:30 Unidentified Small Cetacean 25 5 Fast swim or porpoising 120

Groudle-Marine Drive

Paul Penrose, Victoria McGoldrick
25/11/2023 09:00 Tuna 1 1 Feeding or foraging 15

East coast

25/11/2023 08:45 Minke Whale 1 1 Feeding or foraging 20

Laxey bay

Shane Stigant
22/11/2023 11:20 Bottlenose Dolphin 11 1 Fast swim or porpoising 10

Peel breakwater

Brian Kelly
21/11/2023 09:15 Bottlenose Dolphin 6 0 Normal swimming 15

Laxey bay

Shane Stigant
18/11/2023 14:45 Humpback whale 1 0 Leaping 20

4 miles out of Laxey

Shane Stigant
17/11/2023 07:50 Bottlenose Dolphin 6 0 Normal swimming 10

Maughold head

Colin Russell
16/11/2023 09:30 Moonlight and Starlight 1 1 Normal swimming 30

Peel- Fenella beach and Castle

16/11/2023 08:10 Bottlenose Dolphin 50 10 Feeding or foraging 50

Onchan Head-Douglas

Anne Austin, Lucy Swift
11/11/2023 11:30 Harbour porpoise 5 1 Normal swimming 30

Kallow point, Port St Mary

Steve Wright
11/11/2023 10:30 Minke Whale 1 0 Feeding or foraging 240

Douglas head and Marine drive

Beanys Jess