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Au'au Channel

лебедь – Residency

19th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of лебедь
лебедь Confirmed in the catalog @13137
Jan 31 – Apr 6, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Nine Seasons Strong in the Channel

Bright shallow water, new faces everywhere, and they still know my face too.

73 m
Deepest dive
2:58
Longest dive
84
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
65

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 31, 202667 m25.6°C48 m
Jan 31, 20261,139 m25.7°C73 m
Jan 31, 202642 m25.6°C25 m
Feb 9, 202642 m24.9°C20 m
Feb 9, 202642 m24.9°C31 m
Mar 7, 202661 m24.9°C52 m
Apr 6, 202698 m24.7°C44 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 31, 2026 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Jan 31Jan 31, 2026 — seafloor 1,139 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Jan 31Jan 31, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Jan 31Feb 9, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Feb 9Feb 9, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Feb 9Mar 7, 2026 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Mar 7Apr 6, 2026 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Apr 6

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

Dives

73 m
Deepest dive
2:58
Longest dive
84
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
65
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010073 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (1,139 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 31, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
1,139 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.7°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
42 m – 1,139 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.7°C – 25.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 6.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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