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Au'au Channel

HW-MN0440537 – Residency

13th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of HW-MN0440537
HW-MN0440537 Confirmed in the catalog @14764
Jan 8 – 28, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Jan 2026

66 m
Deepest dive
3:00
Longest dive
64
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
20

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 8, 202659 m25.5°C54 m
Jan 8, 202666 m25.5°C45 m
Jan 8, 202647 m25.5°C29 m
Jan 9, 202680 m25.6°C60 m
Jan 15, 202673 m25.6°C66 m
Jan 28, 202642 m25.6°C28 m
Jan 28, 202668 m25.6°C58 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 8, 2026 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Jan 8Jan 8, 2026 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Jan 8Jan 8, 2026 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Jan 8Jan 9, 2026 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Jan 9Jan 15, 2026 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Jan 15Jan 28, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Jan 28Jan 28, 2026 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Jan 28

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

Dives

66 m
Deepest dive
3:00
Longest dive
64
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
20
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010066 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (73 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 15, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
73 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.6°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
42 m – 80 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.5°C – 25.6°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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