PWF-NP_1042 – Residency
8th sighting in Au'au Channel
PWF-NP_1042 @23563
Feb 11 – Mar 27, 2026 · Au'au Channel
Weeks in the Warm Channel
Shallow water, good company, cameras clicking every few weeks straight through spring.
57 m
Deepest dive
3:28
Longest dive
21
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- 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 11, 2026 | 55 m | 25.0°C | 44 m |
| Mar 26, 2026 | 64 m | 24.7°C | 57 m |
| Mar 27, 2026 | 60 m | 24.4°C | 44 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
57 m
Deepest dive
3:28
Longest dive
21
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
3
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 (64 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Mar 26, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 64 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 24.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 55 m – 64 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 24.4°C – 25.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 4.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.