Movements of tangled humpback whale off east coast are 'not typical'

The different movements of an entangled humpback whale disconnected the seashore of New South Wales person been a origin of interest for rescue teams, who person mislaid show of nan mammal owed to unsmooth upwind conditions.

The Organisation for nan Rescue and Research of Cetaceans successful Australia (ORRCA) reported a sighting of nan whale disconnected Catherine Bay Hill, successful Lake Macquarie, connected Saturday.

The humpback was trailing a statement pinch a coloured buoy from its near fin. 

ORRCA has since mislaid show of nan whale owed to strong gales and large swells, which nan Bureau of Meteorology said are creating hazardous coastal conditions.

The whale is believed to person passed Sydney and is expected to beryllium location betwixt Port Kembla and Culburra Beach, southbound of Wollongong, today.

"The whale is presently search south, which is not emblematic for a humpback whale astatine this clip of year," ORRCA spokesperson Pip Jacobs said.

"They would usually beryllium making their measurement northbound arsenic portion of nan bluish migration."

South seashore residents are urged to beryllium connected nan lookout and study immoderate sightings arsenic nan whale is expected to scope southbound to Ulladulla, eastbound of Canberra, this evening.

"We presently person not had immoderate further confirmed sightings of nan whale coming on nan southbound coast," ORRCA spokesperson Pip Jacobs said.

"We estimate that it whitethorn beryllium astir Ulladulla astir sunset, nevertheless it is difficult to foretell without further sightings today.

"Conditions connected nan h2o are highly windy, which is making efforts to find nan whale challenging."

ORRCA and nan nationalist are retired trying to find nan whale on nan southbound coast.

If a sighting is confirmed, crews are fresh to measure nan anticipation of a disentanglement operation.

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