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Au'au Channel

Snow – Residency

11th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of Snow
Snow Confirmed in the catalog @15015
Dec 20, 2025 – Jan 31, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Dec 2025 – Jan 2026

52 m
Deepest dive
2:13
Longest dive
38
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
42

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Dec 20, 202540 m26.1°C22 m
Dec 20, 202572 m26.1°C52 m
Jan 31, 202642 m25.6°C23 m
Jan 31, 202671 m25.7°C42 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Dec 20, 2025 — seafloor 40 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Dec 20Dec 20, 2025 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Dec 20Jan 31, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Jan 31Jan 31, 2026 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Jan 31

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

Dives

52 m
Deepest dive
2:13
Longest dive
38
Dives
16 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
42
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010052 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (72 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 · Dec 20, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
72 m
Sea-surface temperature
26.1°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
40 m – 72 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.6°C – 26.1°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 5.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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