Balerion – Residency
4th sighting in Au'au Channel
Balerion @84545
Mar 27 – 30, 2026 · Au'au Channel
Channel Crowd, Early Spring
Warm and packed with strangers here — I never lack for company.
48 m
Deepest dive
2:07
Longest dive
27
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 3
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2026 | 62 m | 24.4°C | 48 m |
| Mar 27, 2026 | 60 m | 24.4°C | 26 m |
| Mar 28, 2026 | 67 m | 24.4°C | 19 m |
| Mar 30, 2026 | 83 m | 24.4°C | 32 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
48 m
Deepest dive
2:07
Longest dive
27
Dives
16 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
3
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 (62 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Mar 27, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 62 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 24.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 60 m – 83 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 24.4°C – 24.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 5.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.