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Au'au Channel

HW-MN0444984 – Residency

6th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of HW-MN0444984
HW-MN0444984 Confirmed in the catalog @135436
Jan 10 – Feb 5, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Jan – Feb 2026

69 m
Deepest dive
2:10
Longest dive
50
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
26

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 10, 202682 m25.8°C69 m
Jan 11, 202661 m25.6°C44 m
Jan 26, 202652 m25.4°C32 m
Feb 5, 202642 m25.4°C38 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 10, 2026 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Jan 10Jan 11, 2026 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Jan 11Jan 26, 2026 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Jan 26Feb 5, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Feb 5

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

Dives

69 m
Deepest dive
2:10
Longest dive
50
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
26
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010069 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (82 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 10, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
82 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.8°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
42 m – 82 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.4°C – 25.8°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 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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