Below is the list of the 30 cetacean species thus far seen on Wollongong pelagic boat trips.
    C – Common
    F – Frequent
    U – Uncommon
    O – Occasionally observed
    R – Rarely observed
    V – Very rarely observed
Species No.
Species
Status
Season

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Southern Right Whale, Eubalaena australis
Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Blue Whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Fin Whale, Balaenoptera physalus
Sei Whale, Balaenoptera borealis
Bryde’s Whale, Balaenoptera edeni
Dwarf Minke Whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Antarctic Minke Whale Balaenoptera bonaerensis
Sperm Whale, Physeter macrocephalus
Pygmy Sperm Whale, Kogia breviceps
Bottle-nosed Whale, Hyperoodon planifrons
Sheperd’s Beaked Whale, Tasmacetus sheperdi
Arnoux’s Beaked Whale, Beradius arnuxii
Cuvier’s or Goose-Beaked Whale, Ziphius cavirostris
True's or Wonderful Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon mirus
Blainville’s Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon densirostris
Strap-Toothed beaked Whale, Mesoplodon layardii
Orca Killer-Whale, Orcinus orca
False Killer Whale, Pseudorca crassidens
Pygmy Killer Whale, Feresa attenuata
Short-finned Pilot Whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus
Long- finned Pilot Whale, Globicephala melaena
Melon-headed Whale, Peponocephala electra
Dusky Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obscurus
Fraser’s Dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei
Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin (in & offshore forms), Tursiops aduncus
Spotted Dolphin, Stenella attenuata
Striped Dolhpin, Stenella caeruleoalba
Long-snouted Spinner Dolphin, Stenella longirostris
Short-beaked Common Dolphin, Delphinus delphis
Risso’s Dolphin, Grampus griseus

U
C
R
R
R
R
R
F
R
V
R
U
R
V
V
V
R
U
F
F
U
O
V
V
C
O
R
O
C
F

6 to 10
6 to 11
6 to 10
6 to 10
6 to 10
12 to 4
6 to 10
1 to 12
6 to 10
7
7 to 8
6 to 10
1 to 4
10
10 to 11
10 to 11
6 to 10
12 to 4
8 to 4
12 to 4
6 to 12
12 to 4
6
3
1 to 12
1 to 4
2 to 4
8 to 11
1 to 12
11 to 4