Hobo – Residency
18th sighting in Clarence Strait
Hobo @6329
Aug 22 – Sep 6, 2026 · Clarence Strait
Chatham Strait, doing its job
Cold water, full belly, folks pointing cameras at me all late summer.
70 m
Deepest dive
2:46
Longest dive
60
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 15
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 2026 | 13 m | 14.2°C | 12 m |
| Aug 27, 2026 | 42 m | 14.5°C | 36 m |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 232 m | 14.5°C | 59 m |
| Sep 3, 2026 | 55 m | 13.2°C | 35 m |
| Sep 6, 2026 | 92 m | 13.3°C | 70 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
70 m
Deepest dive
2:46
Longest dive
60
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
15
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 (92 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Sep 6, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 92 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 13 m – 232 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.2°C – 14.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 3.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.