HW-MN0430057 – Residency
10th sighting in Au'au Channel
HW-MN0430057 @58984
Mar 2 – Apr 1, 2026 · Au'au Channel
Channel Regular, Still Grinning
Late in the season and the channel still had plenty of company for me.
87 m
Deepest dive
3:22
Longest dive
66
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 30
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 2026 | 134 m | 24.8°C | 87 m |
| Mar 5, 2026 | 88 m | 24.9°C | 73 m |
| Mar 30, 2026 | 72 m | 24.2°C | 65 m |
| Apr 1, 2026 | 50 m | 24.1°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
87 m
Deepest dive
3:22
Longest dive
66
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
30
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 (134 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Mar 2, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 134 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 24.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 6.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 50 m – 134 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 24.1°C – 24.9°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 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.