Marine Mammal Research JB

11/08/2026

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09/08/2026

NEW RULES - from National Parks regarding Southern Right Whales with new ‘stay away’ distance of up to 500 metres and still including drones to be at a height of 100m.

Help endangered southern right whales 🐋🩵

It’s estimated there are fewer than 300 southern rights left in the southeast Australian population.

Unlike humpbacks, southern rights come very close to shore during breeding season, moving slowly while nursing their young. Any disturbance during this time can impact the survival of mum and calf.

We’ve issued new approach distance rules just for southern right whales for the rest of the migration season until the 30th of November 2026 to help protect them.

You can identify southern right whales by:

• White markings on the face and head
• Distinctive V-shaped blow when they exhale
• They don’t have a dorsal fin
• Tail/fluke is angular and usually black on both top and bottom
• Slow-moving whales, they’re usually between 14 to 16m

Please keep your distance and help us keep them safe for future generations 🩵

📷S. Coffee/ORRCA

04/08/2026

Jervis Bay has a long term studies on the local Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus). You can help, report a Marine Mammal Sighting within Australian waters Your sighting details, photographs and videos can help identify marine mammal species on our coast. Add your sighting into the comprehensive form below, fill in information where applicable into the text boxes, select from the drop down lists, attach a photo and then submit the form to contribute your sighting.

04/08/2026

Become a south coast NSW marine mammal citizen science contributor.

If you see a bottlenose dolphin, Humpback whale or other different marine mammals, you can help with sightings and information that will help add to their life history.

Send in a sighting in real time as your watching to
Whats app. see QR code in comments post

Or fill in a sightings report here

https://www.marinemammalresearch.com/sightings.html

Your sighting details, photographs and videos can help identify marine mammal species on our coast. Add your sighting into the comprehensive form below, fill in information where applicable into the text boxes, select from the drop down lists, attach a photo and then submit the form to contribute your sighting.

Thank you for supporting your local Marine Mammal Research JB

Sightings report on whale and dolphin in Australia

13/07/2026

Great to see another sighting of
false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) on the east coast with Sapphire Coastal Adventures and images by Peter Harris, with over a dozen sightings of FKWs so far this year. Marine Mammal Sightings Australia

Report a sighting here
http://www.marinemammalresearch.com/sightings.html

29/06/2026

Marine Mammal Research JB data collected for ORRCA

Observation from outside of the bay was 8:30 to 10:30 am a 2 hours window of good weather in the morning. off Jervis Bay
10 pods -14 HBW
1 pod - 12 CDs
Blue marker

29/06/2026

Marine Mammal Research JB out on Jervis Bay with Sea Jervis Bay for the 27th Annual Whale Census Day ORRCA

26/06/2026

Marine mammal sightings Jervis Bay

4 sightings of Bottlenose dolphins. 3 of common dolphins, 10 pods of humpbacks within range and more beyond and 2 sightings of playful fur seals and seabirds, albatross, gannets, sea eagles within range prey.

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24/06/2026

This migrating humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) had a great dorsal fin and hump hope it will get seen on the way north and our resident Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) of Jervis Bay. Onboard with Sea Jervis Bay and Marine Explorer

Join the south coast marine mammal citizen science contributor project, learn and support research. https://www.marinemammalresearch.com/citizenscience.html