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Au'au Channel

2025-2026 calf of HW-MN0420438 – Residency

2nd sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of 2025-2026 calf of HW-MN0420438
2025-2026 calf of HW-MN0420438 Confirmed in the catalog @153071
Jan 4 – Feb 18, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Jan – Feb 2026

56 m
Deepest dive
2:21
Longest dive
38
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
45
Deepest dive on record
56 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 4, 202664 m25.5°C56 m
Feb 18, 202665 m24.6°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 4, 2026 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jan 4Feb 18, 2026 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Feb 18

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

Dives

56 m
Deepest dive
2:21
Longest dive
38
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
45
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010056 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (64 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 4, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
64 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.5°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
64 m – 65 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.6°C – 25.5°C
Distance from shore
4.0 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 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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