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East Australia

HW-MN1101145 – Residency

4th sighting in East Australia
Fluke of HW-MN1101145
HW-MN1101145 Confirmed in the catalog @29856
Sep 1 – Oct 18, 2026 · East Australia

East Australia · Sep – Oct 2026

16 m
Deepest dive
1:04
Longest dive
18
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
47

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 1, 202616 m20.7°C14 m
Sep 27, 202618 m—14 m
Oct 18, 202622 m—16 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Sep 1, 2026 — seafloor 16 m (measured), deepest dive 14 m (modelled)Sep 1Sep 27, 2026 — seafloor 18 m (measured), deepest dive 14 m (modelled)Sep 27Oct 18, 2026 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)Oct 18

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

Dives

16 m
Deepest dive
1:04
Longest dive
18
Dives
8 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
47
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255016 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (22 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 · Oct 18, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
22 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
16 m – 22 m
Sea-surface temperature
20.7°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km – 9.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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