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Au'au Channel

HW-MN0440071 – Residency

9th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of HW-MN0440071
HW-MN0440071 Confirmed in the catalog @12801
Jan 28 – Mar 5, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Jan – Mar 2026

46 m
Deepest dive
2:18
Longest dive
26
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
36

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 28, 202662 m25.6°C46 m
Mar 4, 202648 m24.7°C39 m
Mar 5, 202610 m24.7°C9 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 28, 2026 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Jan 28Mar 4, 2026 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Mar 4Mar 5, 2026 — seafloor 10 m (measured), deepest dive 9 m (modelled)Mar 5

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

Dives

46 m
Deepest dive
2:18
Longest dive
26
Dives
16 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
36
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255046 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (62 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 28, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
62 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.6°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
10 m – 62 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.7°C – 25.6°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 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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