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 dropdown lists, attach a photo and then submit the form to contribute your sighting. Thank you.

Marine Mammal Sighting details

Date of sighting:

Observation Platform:

Vessel name:

Sighting time:                                                     

Location name:


Sighting status:

Global Positioning System (GPS):  if known.

        Latitude:

        Longitude:

Bearing to marine mammal, in Degrees º :

Distance to marine mammal:                                

Marine mammal direction of travel:

Species list:

Number of total individuals:

                Number of adults:                                    

                Number of calves:                                    

Group composition of Marine mammals:

        Group composition 1

        Group composition 2

Marine mammal behaviour 1

Marine mammal behaviour 2

Marine mammal behaviour 3

Initial observation method:

Detection cue:

Confidence in species:

Confidence in number of individuals:

Height above water:                                 

Water depth:                                            

Platform speed:                                       

Other species present in the area, traveling or interacting with?


Comments or extra details about the sighting:




Images taken:

Attach animal photo: 

Attach map photo:                                                             

                             


You can use this map for the sighting location. 

Click on   View larger map.      Then zoom into the sighting area or precise location, mark it by click on screen and screen shot to save and then add image as attachment.

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*If you have multiple images please compress these to a .zip file. 

As larger files will take longer to upload. 

*Please note in comments if you have a lot of images and we will contact you after receiving sighting submition.  

Thank you for submiting your sighting details.

Observer details;

            First name:

            Last name:

            Phone:

            Email: