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Marine mammals

Some of the ocean’s most majestic creatures can be seen along the NSW coastline.

Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) swimming through ocean waves.

Bottlenose dolphins are mammals and can swim up to 260 metres below the surface of the ocean.

Humpback whale

Every year, humpback whales and southern right whales can be seen migrating along the NSW coastline.