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Au'au Channel

Lupin – Residency

5th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of Lupin
Lupin Confirmed in the catalog @13084
Feb 10 – Mar 1, 2025 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Feb – Mar 2025

82 m
Deepest dive
3:28
Longest dive
59
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
19

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Feb 10, 202531 m25.2°C28 m
Feb 15, 2025199 m25.7°C48 m
Feb 19, 202597 m25.2°C82 m
Feb 19, 202558 m25.4°C35 m
Mar 1, 2025122 m25.4°C58 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Feb 10, 2025 — seafloor 31 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Feb 10Feb 15, 2025 — seafloor 199 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Feb 15Feb 19, 2025 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Feb 19Feb 19, 2025 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Feb 19Mar 1, 2025 — seafloor 122 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Mar 1

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

Dives

82 m
Deepest dive
3:28
Longest dive
59
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
19
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010082 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (97 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 19, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
97 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.2°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
31 m – 199 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.2°C – 25.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 11.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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