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Au'au Channel

SEAK-5369 – Residency

9th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of SEAK-5369
SEAK-5369 Confirmed in the catalog @10962
Dec 19, 2025 – Jan 5, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Dec 2025 – Jan 2026

62 m
Deepest dive
2:17
Longest dive
90
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
17

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Dec 19, 202560 m25.9°C53 m
Dec 20, 202564 m26.1°C46 m
Dec 20, 202553 m26.1°C48 m
Dec 27, 202565 m26.0°C51 m
Jan 5, 202675 m25.6°C62 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 19, 2025 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Dec 19Dec 20, 2025 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Dec 20Dec 20, 2025 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Dec 20Dec 27, 2025 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Dec 27Jan 5, 2026 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Jan 5

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

Dives

62 m
Deepest dive
2:17
Longest dive
90
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
17
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010062 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (75 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 5, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
75 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.6°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
53 m – 75 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.6°C – 26.1°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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