HW-MN0440693 – Residency
10th sighting in Au'au Channel
HW-MN0440693 @14880
Feb 14 – Mar 30, 2026 · Au'au Channel
Channel Company, Early Spring
Escorted someone new through the shallows again this stretch—warm water, good chatter, that camera lens finding me true.
61 m
Deepest dive
2:56
Longest dive
55
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 44
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 2026 | 56 m | 25.1°C | 26 m |
| Feb 16, 2026 | 79 m | 24.8°C | 50 m |
| Feb 16, 2026 | 16 m | 24.6°C | 11 m |
| Feb 22, 2026 | 71 m | 24.7°C | 61 m |
| Mar 30, 2026 | 72 m | 24.2°C | 55 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
61 m
Deepest dive
2:56
Longest dive
55
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
44
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 (71 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Feb 22, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 71 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 24.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 16 m – 79 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 24.2°C – 25.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 5.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.