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Au'au Channel

HW-MN0440434 – Residency

8th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of HW-MN0440434
HW-MN0440434 Confirmed in the catalog @14450
Feb 11 – Mar 27, 2023 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Feb – Mar 2023

37 m
Deepest dive
1:57
Longest dive
28
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
44

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Feb 11, 202370 m—22 m
Mar 13, 202354 m—37 m
Mar 27, 202345 m—27 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 11, 2023 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Feb 11Mar 13, 2023 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Mar 13Mar 27, 2023 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Mar 27

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

Dives

37 m
Deepest dive
1:57
Longest dive
28
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
44
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255037 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (54 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 13, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
54 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
45 m – 70 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 4.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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