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East Australia

164212 – Residency

3rd sighting in East Australia
Fluke of 164212
164212 Confirmed in the catalog @164212
Aug 23 – 31, 2026 · East Australia

East Australia · Aug 2026

33 m
Deepest dive
1:47
Longest dive
43
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
8
Deepest dive on record
33 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 23, 202619 m20.3°C17 m
Aug 24, 202637 m22.6°C33 m
Aug 31, 202632 m—27 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 23, 2026 — seafloor 19 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Aug 23Aug 24, 2026 — seafloor 37 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Aug 24Aug 31, 2026 — seafloor 32 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Aug 31

Depth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.

Dives

33 m
Deepest dive
1:47
Longest dive
43
Dives
14 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
8
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0255033 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (37 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

Depth, duration and recovery resolved into a single number for this session.

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Place

Where this happened · Aug 24, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
37 m
Sea-surface temperature
22.6°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
19 m – 37 m
Sea-surface temperature
20.3°C – 22.6°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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