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Au'au Channel

WappiSimba – Residency

20th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of WappiSimba
WappiSimba Confirmed in the catalog @15623
Nov 30 – Dec 25, 2025 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Nov – Dec 2025

42 m
Deepest dive
2:15
Longest dive
41
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
25

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Nov 30, 2025145 m26.5°C22 m
Dec 1, 202574 m26.6°C38 m
Dec 5, 202516 m26.0°C13 m
Dec 21, 202567 m26.2°C42 m
Dec 25, 202570 m26.3°C14 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Nov 30, 2025 — seafloor 145 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Nov 30Dec 1, 2025 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Dec 1Dec 5, 2025 — seafloor 16 m (measured), deepest dive 13 m (modelled)Dec 5Dec 21, 2025 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Dec 21Dec 25, 2025 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 14 m (modelled)Dec 25

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

Dives

42 m
Deepest dive
2:15
Longest dive
41
Dives
14 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
25
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255042 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (67 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 21, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
67 m
Sea-surface temperature
26.2°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
16 m – 145 m
Sea-surface temperature
26.0°C – 26.6°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 8.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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