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Au'au Channel

пурга – Residency

7th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of пурга
пурга Confirmed in the catalog @13136
Mar 5 – 18, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Mar 2026

41 m
Deepest dive
1:57
Longest dive
59
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
13
Deepest dive on record
41 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 5, 202656 m24.7°C41 m
Mar 5, 202616 m24.5°C15 m
Mar 5, 202642 m24.7°C23 m
Mar 18, 202647 m24.7°C37 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Mar 5, 2026 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Mar 5Mar 5, 2026 — seafloor 16 m (measured), deepest dive 15 m (modelled)Mar 5Mar 5, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Mar 5Mar 18, 2026 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Mar 18

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

Dives

41 m
Deepest dive
1:57
Longest dive
59
Dives
14 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
13
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0255041 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (56 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 5, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
56 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.7°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
16 m – 56 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.5°C – 24.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 3.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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