Draco – Residency
5th sighting in Au'au Channel
Draco @6791
Jan 21 – 30, 2026 · Au'au Channel
Au'au Channel · Jan 2026
70 m
Deepest dive
2:42
Longest dive
28
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 9
- Deepest dive on record
- 70 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 2026 | 23 m | 25.6°C | 20 m |
| Jan 25, 2026 | 23 m | 25.4°C | 17 m |
| Jan 30, 2026 | 1,435 m | 25.7°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
2:42
Longest dive
28
Dives
16 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
9
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 (1,435 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jan 30, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 1,435 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 25.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 6.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 23 m – 1,435 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 25.4°C – 25.7°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 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.