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Au'au Channel

Patches – Residency

17th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of Patches
Patches Confirmed in the catalog @13435
Feb 4 – Mar 21, 2025 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Feb – Mar 2025

72 m
Deepest dive
2:44
Longest dive
61
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
45

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Feb 4, 202572 m25.1°C25 m
Feb 15, 202542 m25.4°C38 m
Feb 17, 202587 m25.7°C24 m
Mar 14, 202575 m24.9°C61 m
Mar 18, 202581 m25.2°C71 m
Mar 21, 202585 m24.9°C72 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 4, 2025 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Feb 4Feb 15, 2025 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Feb 15Feb 17, 2025 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Feb 17Mar 14, 2025 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Mar 14Mar 18, 2025 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Mar 18Mar 21, 2025 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Mar 21

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

Dives

72 m
Deepest dive
2:44
Longest dive
61
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
45
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010072 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (85 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 21, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
85 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.9°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
42 m – 87 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.9°C – 25.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 6.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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