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Au'au Channel

FIBB-5BB505 – Residency

4th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of FIBB-5BB505
FIBB-5BB505 Confirmed in the catalog @16494
Mar 10 – Apr 1, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Channel Company, Late Season

Bright water, easy company, and the cold crossing already calling me north.

57 m
Deepest dive
2:29
Longest dive
24
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
22

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 10, 202693 m24.9°C57 m
Apr 1, 202650 m24.1°C23 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Mar 10, 2026 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Mar 10Apr 1, 2026 — seafloor 50 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Apr 1

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

Dives

57 m
Deepest dive
2:29
Longest dive
24
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
22
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010057 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (93 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 · Mar 10, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
93 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.9°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
50 m – 93 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.1°C – 24.9°C
Distance from shore
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 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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