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Au'au Channel

floating pier – Residency

10th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of floating pier
floating pier Confirmed in the catalog @100000
Jan 3 – Feb 6, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Jan – Feb 2026

65 m
Deepest dive
2:59
Longest dive
65
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
34

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 3, 202665 m25.5°C59 m
Jan 4, 202680 m25.7°C36 m
Jan 9, 202674 m25.5°C65 m
Jan 14, 202650 m25.4°C17 m
Feb 6, 202642 m25.4°C37 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jan 3, 2026 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Jan 3Jan 4, 2026 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Jan 4Jan 9, 2026 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Jan 9Jan 14, 2026 — seafloor 50 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Jan 14Feb 6, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Feb 6

Depth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.

Dives

65 m
Deepest dive
2:59
Longest dive
65
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
34
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010065 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (74 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

Depth, duration and recovery resolved into a single number for this session.

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Place

Where this happened · Jan 9, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
74 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.5°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
42 m – 80 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.4°C – 25.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 5.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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