Could this be another albino humpback?

But experts have cast doubt around the sighting, saying it could possibly be a very young newborn.

Batemans Bay photographer Dylan Golden captured the juvenile whale last week near Burrewarra Point on the NSW South Coast.

He told 9news.com.au that he sent his drone up after seeing some splashing.

“I have been sitting off the coastline for the past week for a few hours a day and I have probably seen about 100 whales so far passing through,” Golden said.

“I was getting ready to pack up and head home when I saw a splash.

“I sent my drone up and saw what seemed to be a young albino whale.”

The photographer has been capturing whales for the past five years and said he was blown away by the prospect of potentially capturing an albino whale.

“I didn’t quite realise it was albino until I got home and looked at the footage. I didn’t think that would ever happen,” Golden said.

“I was shocked. It’s not something that you see every day and to think I could have discovered a new one feels really special to me.

“This is my best year to date.”

Migaloo, the only known albino whale in Australian waters, hasn’t been seen since 2020.

He travels from the NSW South Coast as far north as Port Douglas in Queensland.

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Last year it was speculated another white whale could be Migaloo’s offspring.

Migaloo is believed to have been born in 1986.

He’s suspected to be an albino whale but as scientists don’t know for sure, he’s currently defined as a hyper-pigmented humpback.

Expert Vanessa Pirotta from the Marine Predator Research Group at Macquarie University believes the whale captured by Golden was most likely a newborn calf that appeared to be light-coloured.

“What we are seeing is a mother and calf, mostly likely a calf born this year,” she told 9news.com.au.

“At this stage, without being able to see the individual surface or the individuals up close, we can only make the assumptions based on the information provided by the drone footage.

“What I would say it most likely is a young calf, it’s too hard to tell if it’s colouration or if it’s an albino at this stage because it most likely is a newborn humpback whale.”

Often when humpback whales are born, they can appear to be fair, Pirotta said.

She said the sighting of an albino whale was incredibly rare.

“In this case, it’s most likely a newborn calf that appears to be light-coloured.

“I am not sold on the idea that it is a white whale at this stage.”