HAKEA – Residency
7th sighting in East Australia
HAKEA @27426
Sep 7 – 16, 2026 · East Australia
September, and here I am
This headland's watched me longer than most whales have been alive.
16 m
Deepest dive
1:01
Longest dive
39
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 9
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 2026 | 20 m | 21.1°C | 16 m |
| Sep 16, 2026 | 16 m | 21.3°C | 13 m |
Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled
Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting
Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelledDepth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.
Dives
16 m
Deepest dive
1:01
Longest dive
39
Dives
8 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
9
Days first → last
Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (20 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Sep 7, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 20 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 21.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 16 m – 20 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 21.1°C – 21.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km – 9.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.