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Au'au Channel

HW-MN0445479 – Residency

4th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of HW-MN0445479
HW-MN0445479 Confirmed in the catalog @151668
Jan 13 – 24, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Jan 2026

53 m
Deepest dive
2:19
Longest dive
28
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
11
Deepest dive on record
53 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 13, 202659 m25.5°C51 m
Jan 23, 202673 m25.1°C53 m
Jan 24, 202642 m25.3°C31 m
Jan 24, 202669 m25.3°C45 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 13, 2026 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Jan 13Jan 23, 2026 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jan 23Jan 24, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Jan 24Jan 24, 2026 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Jan 24

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

Dives

53 m
Deepest dive
2:19
Longest dive
28
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
11
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010053 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 23, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
73 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.1°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
42 m – 73 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.1°C – 25.5°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.

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