CRC-17042 – Residency
9th sighting in Au'au Channel
CRC-17042 @34696
Dec 20, 2025 – Jan 19, 2026 · Au'au Channel
Au'au Channel · Dec 2025 – Jan 2026
384 m
Deepest dive
11:05
Longest dive
49
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 31
- Deepest dive on record
- 384 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 2025 | 59 m | — | 53 m |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 1,139 m | — | 216 m |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 56 m | 25.5°C | 39 m |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 757 m | 25.6°C | 384 m |
| Jan 19, 2026 | 79 m | 25.4°C | 46 m |
| Jan 19, 2026 | 71 m | 25.4°C | 25 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
384 m
Deepest dive
11:05
Longest dive
49
Dives
41 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
31
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 (757 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Dec 31, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 757 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 25.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 7.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 56 m – 1,139 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 25.4°C – 25.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 7.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.