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Au'au Channel

HW-MN0440347 – Residency

10th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of HW-MN0440347
HW-MN0440347 Confirmed in the catalog @13754
Mar 18 – 19, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Mar 2026

82 m
Deepest dive
3:33
Longest dive
43
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
1
Deepest dive on record
82 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 18, 202683 m24.7°C69 m
Mar 18, 202692 m24.9°C79 m
Mar 19, 202692 m24.8°C82 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 18, 2026 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Mar 18Mar 18, 2026 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Mar 18Mar 19, 2026 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Mar 19

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

Dives

82 m
Deepest dive
3:33
Longest dive
43
Dives
32 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
1
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 (92 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 19, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
92 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.8°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
83 m – 92 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.7°C – 24.9°C
Distance from shore
5.0 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 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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