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Au'au Channel

Shadow – Residency

3rd sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of Shadow
Shadow Confirmed in the catalog @12787
Jan 29 – Feb 2, 2023 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Jan – Feb 2023

60 m
Deepest dive
3:02
Longest dive
24
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
4
Deepest dive on record
60 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 29, 2023-12 m——
Feb 2, 202365 m—60 m
Feb 2, 202312 m—11 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 29, 2023 — seafloor -12 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jan 29Feb 2, 2023 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Feb 2Feb 2, 2023 — seafloor 12 m (measured), deepest dive 11 m (modelled)Feb 2

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

Dives

60 m
Deepest dive
3:02
Longest dive
24
Dives
15 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
4
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010060 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (65 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 · Feb 2, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
65 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-12 m – 65 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 4.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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