HNC975 – Residency
7th sighting in East Australia
HNC975 @61066
Jul 25 – Sep 8, 2026 · East Australia
Warm Water, Good Company
Winter shallows, familiar backs nearby, and nobody in a hurry.
16 m
Deepest dive
1:10
Longest dive
86
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 45
- Deepest dive on record
- 16 m · this residency
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 2026 | 16 m | 19.5°C | 14 m |
| Jul 26, 2026 | 16 m | 19.5°C | 13 m |
| Jul 27, 2026 | 15 m | 19.5°C | 13 m |
| Jul 28, 2026 | 19 m | 20.0°C | 16 m |
| Sep 8, 2026 | 16 m | 21.4°C | 14 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
1:10
Longest dive
86
Dives
8 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
45
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 · Jul 28, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 19 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 20.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 15 m – 19 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 19.5°C – 21.4°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 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.