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Sightings and Strandings of the Humpback Whale

There are 1002 sightings and 54 strandings for this species recorded in the database. Read the species profile for this species.

To view the sightings or strandings information recorded in the database for any particular year, select a year in the first column.

To view a map of the sightings or strandings recorded off any state in a particular year select the data under the desired state in the table.

Sightings of the Humpback Whale by state and year

year	NSW	NT	QLD	SA	TAS	WA	VIC	Sub Antarctic	unknown state
1999	1					52
1998			5			33	11		9
1997	3		8			166	36		3
1996	1		5	1		26			1
1995	1					7
1994	8		13		3	5			2
1993	12		22			10	1		3
1992	14		19			1			10
1991	40		63	1		39	4		25
1990	4		26	1		10			3
1989	5		1			1	1		7
1988						2			8
1987			23			1			7
1986	1		18			3			5
1985	3		20			1			1
1984	4		27			2
1983			17		2				10
1982	1	2	8
1981	4	2	10						7
1980			36			2			5
1979	7		5			1
1978			3
1977	1
1976			2
1965			2
1962			2
1955			2
Unknown year		2	14				1		5
Totals	110	6	351	3	5	362	54		111

Strandings of the Humpback Whale by state and year

year	NSW	NT	QLD	SA	TAS	WA	VIC	Sub Antarctic	unknown state
1994			2		1	3
1993	1		1			2
1991			7
1989	1		1	1		3
1988						1
1987	1					1
1986						2
1985	1			1			1
1984				1
1983			1
1980							1
1977			1			2
1959	1
1937			1
1936					1
1924			1
1919			1
Unknown year	5	1		3	1	1	1
Totals	10	1	16	6	3	15	3