Needles @12383
North Pacific humpback. Catalogued since 2006.
Au'au Channel · North Pacific
43 Following 14 Followers9
Sightings
21
Years
1
Crossings
Sightings by year
2006 – 20262006
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2021
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Season Trends
DeepEffort across the feeding and breeding grounds, year over year.
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3 earnedCrossed the Gulf
First of the Year
Multi-Decade Veteran
Crossed the Gulf of Alaska — resighted on both the Hawaii breeding grounds and the Alaska feeding grounds.
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Pods
43 followingBREE-223 @17721 since Feb 1, 2026
Poniuniu @6471 since Feb 1, 2026
SEAK-UASE-JMS-20050909-4-008 @40015 since Feb 1, 2026
HI17-0101 @33258 since Feb 1, 2026
HW-MN0442774 @54974 since Feb 1, 2026
Recent activity
Au'au Channel · Jan 2026 Jan 26, 2026 · Au'au Channel 17 m deepest· 1:28 longest Au'au Channel · Jan 2025 Jan 24, 2025 · Au'au Channel 76 m deepest· 3:22 longest Au'au Channel · Jan 2023 Jan 4, 2023 · Au'au Channel 46 m deepest· 2:10 longest Au'au Channel · Jan 2020 Jan 30, 2020 · Au'au Channel 43 m deepest· 2:22 longest
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