Larned – Residency
25th sighting in Au'au Channel
Larned @13078
Mar 6 – 26, 2026 · Au'au Channel
Bright Water, Long Habit
Twenty winters deep and this channel still lights up shallow and warm.
76 m
Deepest dive
3:11
Longest dive
21
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 20
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2026 | -20 m | 24.8°C | — |
| Mar 25, 2026 | 95 m | 24.6°C | 76 m |
| Mar 26, 2026 | 18 m | 24.4°C | 16 m |
Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled
Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting
Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelledDepth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.
Dives
76 m
Deepest dive
3:11
Longest dive
21
Dives
15 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
20
Days first → last
Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (95 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Mar 25, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 95 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 24.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 7.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- -20 m – 95 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 24.4°C – 24.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 7.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.