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Au'au Channel

HW-MN0440186 – Residency

9th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of HW-MN0440186
HW-MN0440186 Confirmed in the catalog @13046
Dec 18, 2025 – Mar 11, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Dec 2025 – Mar 2026

136 m
Deepest dive
5:29
Longest dive
9
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
83
Deepest dive on record
136 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Dec 18, 2025197 m—46 m
Mar 11, 20263,614 m24.8°C136 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 18, 2025 — seafloor 197 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Dec 18Mar 11, 2026 — seafloor 3,614 m (measured), deepest dive 136 m (modelled)Mar 11

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

Dives

136 m
Deepest dive
5:29
Longest dive
9
Dives
31 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
83
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150136 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (3,614 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 · Mar 11, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
3,614 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.8°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
197 m – 3,614 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.8°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 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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