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Au'au Channel

SEAK-5369 – Residency

4th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of SEAK-5369
SEAK-5369 Confirmed in the catalog @10962
Dec 29, 2024 – Jan 5, 2025 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Dec 2024 – Jan 2025

66 m
Deepest dive
2:05
Longest dive
46
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
7

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Dec 29, 202482 m25.8°C66 m
Dec 30, 202490 m25.6°C46 m
Jan 5, 202555 m25.3°C45 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Dec 29, 2024 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Dec 29Dec 30, 2024 — seafloor 90 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Dec 30Jan 5, 2025 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Jan 5

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

Dives

66 m
Deepest dive
2:05
Longest dive
46
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
7
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010066 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (82 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 · Dec 29, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
82 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.8°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
55 m – 90 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.3°C – 25.8°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 5.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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