Lesser – Residency
14th sighting in Au'au Channel
Lesser @6609
Feb 5 – 22, 2025 · Au'au Channel
Au'au Channel · Feb 2025
114 m
Deepest dive
4:35
Longest dive
47
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 17
- Deepest dive on record
- 114 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 5, 2025 | 42 m | 25.1°C | 29 m |
| Feb 6, 2025 | 67 m | 25.2°C | 47 m |
| Feb 17, 2025 | 64 m | 25.6°C | 52 m |
| Feb 22, 2025 | 1,530 m | 25.2°C | 114 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
114 m
Deepest dive
4:35
Longest dive
47
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
17
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 (1,530 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Feb 22, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 1,530 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 25.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 6.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 42 m – 1,530 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 25.1°C – 25.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 6.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.