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Au'au Channel

HW-MN0445548 – Residency

3rd sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of HW-MN0445548
HW-MN0445548 Confirmed in the catalog @154135
Feb 22 – 26, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Feb 2026

52 m
Deepest dive
1:34
Longest dive
31
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
4
Deepest dive on record
52 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Feb 22, 202657 m24.6°C52 m
Feb 26, 202633 m24.5°C28 m
Feb 26, 202642 m24.5°C34 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 22, 2026 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Feb 22Feb 26, 2026 — seafloor 33 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Feb 26Feb 26, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Feb 26

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

Dives

52 m
Deepest dive
1:34
Longest dive
31
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
4
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010052 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (57 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 · Feb 22, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
57 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.6°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
33 m – 57 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.5°C – 24.6°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 4.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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