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Au'au Channel

SEAK-1387 – Residency

6th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of SEAK-1387
SEAK-1387 Confirmed in the catalog @18126
Dec 9 – 25, 2024 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Dec 2024

94 m
Deepest dive
3:43
Longest dive
87
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
16
Deepest dive on record
94 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Dec 9, 2024125 m26.1°C27 m
Dec 20, 202473 m25.5°C48 m
Dec 20, 202493 m25.7°C80 m
Dec 21, 2024129 m25.8°C94 m
Dec 25, 202483 m25.6°C72 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Dec 9, 2024 — seafloor 125 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Dec 9Dec 20, 2024 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Dec 20Dec 20, 2024 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Dec 20Dec 21, 2024 — seafloor 129 m (measured), deepest dive 94 m (modelled)Dec 21Dec 25, 2024 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Dec 25

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

Dives

94 m
Deepest dive
3:43
Longest dive
87
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
16
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010094 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (129 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, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
129 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.8°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
73 m – 129 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.5°C – 26.1°C
Distance from shore
4.0 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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