Horizontal – Residency
7th sighting in Au'au Channel
Horizontal @27014
Mar 19 – Apr 2, 2026 · Au'au Channel
Channel, Every Spring
Two more shots of this fluke, in water that's known me forever.
29 m
Deepest dive
1:24
Longest dive
16
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 14
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 2026 | 42 m | 24.7°C | 18 m |
| Apr 2, 2026 | 47 m | 24.1°C | 29 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
29 m
Deepest dive
1:24
Longest dive
16
Dives
13 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
14
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 (47 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Apr 2, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 47 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 24.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 42 m – 47 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 24.1°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.