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Au'au Channel

Hootie – Residency

7th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of Hootie
Hootie Confirmed in the catalog @12316
Dec 29, 2022 – Feb 19, 2023 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Dec 2022 – Feb 2023

149 m
Deepest dive
5:22
Longest dive
81
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
52
Deepest dive on record
149 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Dec 29, 20221,358 m—140 m
Dec 31, 20222,941 m—149 m
Jan 6, 202357 m—41 m
Jan 10, 202340 m—28 m
Feb 8, 202311 m—9 m
Feb 15, 202352 m—47 m
Feb 19, 202354 m—36 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, 2022 — seafloor 1,358 m (measured), deepest dive 140 m (modelled)Dec 29Dec 31, 2022 — seafloor 2,941 m (measured), deepest dive 149 m (modelled)Dec 31Jan 6, 2023 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Jan 6Jan 10, 2023 — seafloor 40 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Jan 10Feb 8, 2023 — seafloor 11 m (measured), deepest dive 9 m (modelled)Feb 8Feb 15, 2023 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Feb 15Feb 19, 2023 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Feb 19

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

Dives

149 m
Deepest dive
5:22
Longest dive
81
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
52
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150149 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (2,941 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 31, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
2,941 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
14.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
11 m – 2,941 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 14.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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