CLIPPER – Residency
19th sighting in East Australia
CLIPPER @46129
Aug 11 – 13, 2026 · East Australia
August, the Old Water
Winter finds me here twice more, and that's plenty.
17 m
Deepest dive
0:54
Longest dive
20
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 2
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2026 | 19 m | 20.3°C | 17 m |
| Aug 13, 2026 | 15 m | 19.8°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
17 m
Deepest dive
0:54
Longest dive
20
Dives
10 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
2
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 (19 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 11, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 19 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 20.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 15 m – 19 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 19.8°C – 20.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 6.0 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.