SEAK-1268 – Residency
5th sighting in Au'au Channel
SEAK-1268 @19188
Mar 7 – 28, 2026 · Au'au Channel
Channel Days, Every March
Shallow, bright water, another crowd — this stretch of coast just gets me.
104 m
Deepest dive
3:00
Longest dive
18
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 21
- Deepest dive on record
- 104 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 2026 | 61 m | 24.9°C | 49 m |
| Mar 23, 2026 | 70 m | 24.5°C | 34 m |
| Mar 28, 2026 | 145 m | 24.7°C | 104 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
104 m
Deepest dive
3:00
Longest dive
18
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
21
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 (145 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Mar 28, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 145 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 24.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 7.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 61 m – 145 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 24.5°C – 24.9°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.