HW-MN0401246 – Residency
9th sighting in Au'au Channel
HW-MN0401246 @58588
Apr 4 – 8, 2026 · Au'au Channel
April in the Au'au
Deep enough to rest, bright enough to be found — my kind of April.
61 m
Deepest dive
2:58
Longest dive
69
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 4
- Deepest dive on record
- 61 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 2026 | 1,139 m | 24.3°C | 61 m |
| Apr 4, 2026 | 75 m | 24.1°C | 56 m |
| Apr 5, 2026 | 45 m | 24.3°C | 41 m |
| Apr 7, 2026 | 63 m | 24.5°C | 26 m |
| Apr 8, 2026 | 77 m | 24.8°C | 43 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
61 m
Deepest dive
2:58
Longest dive
69
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
4
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 (1,139 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Apr 4, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 1,139 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 24.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 45 m – 1,139 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 24.1°C – 24.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 6.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.