NepuPalaoa – Residency
14th sighting in Chatham Strait
NepuPalaoa @6459
Jun 19 – Sep 10, 2026 · Chatham Strait
Deep Water, Full Season
Chatham Strait fed me well this whole stretch of sun.
138 m
Deepest dive
4:59
Longest dive
75
Dives
- Sightings
- 7
- Days between first and last sighting
- 83
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2026 | 378 m | 9.7°C | 108 m |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 295 m | 11.2°C | 138 m |
| Jun 25, 2026 | 371 m | 11.8°C | 20 m |
| Jul 7, 2026 | 409 m | 12.2°C | 41 m |
| Jul 9, 2026 | 117 m | 12.5°C | 63 m |
| Aug 6, 2026 | 582 m | 13.7°C | 85 m |
| Sep 10, 2026 | 100 m | 13.1°C | 26 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
138 m
Deepest dive
4:59
Longest dive
75
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
83
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 (295 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
DeepPlace
Where this happened · Jun 20, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 295 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km
Across the residency · 7 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 100 m – 582 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 9.7°C – 13.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 6.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.