Hodgepodge – Residency
10th sighting in Au'au Channel
Hodgepodge @18558
Mar 4 – Apr 2, 2026 · Au'au Channel
Warm Water, Well Earned
Two more surfacings in the Au'au, and the channel still greets me like new.
51 m
Deepest dive
2:12
Longest dive
22
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 29
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 2026 | 65 m | 24.9°C | 37 m |
| Apr 2, 2026 | 83 m | 24.4°C | 51 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
51 m
Deepest dive
2:12
Longest dive
22
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
29
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 (83 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Apr 2, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 83 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 24.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 65 m – 83 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 24.4°C – 24.9°C
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.