OSUWTG-MnHI149 – Residency
11th sighting in Au'au Channel
OSUWTG-MnHI149 @21997
Mar 22 – 25, 2026 · Au'au Channel
Channel Full of Friends
Drifted through a crowd of whales, mountains standing watch over all of us.
68 m
Deepest dive
3:00
Longest dive
37
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 3
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 2026 | 76 m | 24.7°C | 68 m |
| Mar 25, 2026 | 58 m | 24.4°C | 47 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
68 m
Deepest dive
3:00
Longest dive
37
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
3
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 (76 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Mar 22, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 76 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 24.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 58 m – 76 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 24.4°C – 24.7°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 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.