2025-2026 calf of cat soup – Residency
4th sighting in Au'au Channel
2025-2026 calf of cat soup @155579
Jan 18 – Mar 13, 2026 · Au'au Channel
Au'au Channel · Jan – Mar 2026
78 m
Deepest dive
2:40
Longest dive
59
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 54
- Deepest dive on record
- 78 m · this residency
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 2026 | 55 m | 25.2°C | 30 m |
| Jan 30, 2026 | 29 m | 25.6°C | 26 m |
| Feb 4, 2026 | 36 m | 25.4°C | 32 m |
| Feb 11, 2026 | 34 m | 25.0°C | 25 m |
| Mar 13, 2026 | 109 m | 24.6°C | 78 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
78 m
Deepest dive
2:40
Longest dive
59
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
54
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 (109 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Mar 13, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 109 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 24.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 29 m – 109 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 24.6°C – 25.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 4.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.