HI20-0397 – Residency
25th sighting in Au'au ChannelHI20-0397 @40255
Feb 12 – Mar 31, 2026 · Au'au Channel
The Channel Knows Me
Shallow, bright water, familiar faces watching — where I belong every spring.
116 m
Deepest dive
3:08
Longest dive
107
Dives
- Sightings
- 9
- Days between first and last sighting
- 47
- Deepest dive on record
- 116 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 2026 | 37 m | 25.0°C | 27 m |
| Feb 14, 2026 | 22 m | 24.8°C | 12 m |
| Feb 14, 2026 | 36 m | 24.8°C | 27 m |
| Feb 14, 2026 | 32 m | 25.0°C | 26 m |
| Mar 5, 2026 | 25 m | 24.5°C | 23 m |
| Mar 6, 2026 | 59 m | 24.7°C | 20 m |
| Mar 6, 2026 | 16 m | 24.5°C | 14 m |
| Mar 19, 2026 | 16 m | 24.4°C | 15 m |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 139 m | 24.4°C | 116 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
116 m
Deepest dive
3:08
Longest dive
107
Dives
14 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
47
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 (139 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Mar 31, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 139 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 24.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km
Across the residency · 9 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 16 m – 139 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 24.4°C – 25.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 5.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 9 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.