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Au'au Channel

HW-MN0445555 – Residency

4th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of HW-MN0445555
HW-MN0445555 Confirmed in the catalog @154142
Jan 8 – Feb 1, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Jan – Feb 2026

81 m
Deepest dive
3:41
Longest dive
27
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
24
Deepest dive on record
81 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 8, 202660 m25.5°C33 m
Jan 10, 202661 m25.8°C56 m
Jan 22, 20261,194 m25.2°C81 m
Feb 1, 202652 m25.6°C32 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 60 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Jan 8Jan 10, 2026 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jan 10Jan 22, 2026 — seafloor 1,194 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Jan 22Feb 1, 2026 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Feb 1

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

Dives

81 m
Deepest dive
3:41
Longest dive
27
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
24
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010081 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (1,194 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 22, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
1,194 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.2°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
52 m – 1,194 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.2°C – 25.8°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 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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