Aurora – Residency
5th sighting in Au'au Channel
Aurora @36838
Mar 23 – 30, 2026 · Au'au Channel
March in the Channel
Cliffs in view, company all around, that lens finding me twice more.
98 m
Deepest dive
5:10
Longest dive
38
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 7
- Deepest dive on record
- 98 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 23, 2026 | 133 m | 24.7°C | 98 m |
| Mar 30, 2026 | 62 m | 24.2°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
98 m
Deepest dive
5:10
Longest dive
38
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
7
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 (133 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Mar 23, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 133 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 24.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 7.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 62 m – 133 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 24.2°C – 24.7°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 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.