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Au'au Channel

PWF-NP_0462 – Residency

17th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of PWF-NP_0462
PWF-NP_0462 Confirmed in the catalog @23230
Dec 12, 2025 – Feb 20, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Dec 2025 – Feb 2026

87 m
Deepest dive
4:45
Longest dive
119
Dives
Sightings
11
Days between first and last sighting
70
Deepest dive on record
87 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Dec 12, 202525 m—20 m
Jan 1, 202639 m25.8°C34 m
Jan 1, 202616 m25.6°C15 m
Jan 9, 202619 m25.5°C16 m
Jan 10, 202682 m25.8°C26 m
Jan 11, 202616 m25.6°C13 m
Jan 17, 202662 m25.3°C32 m
Jan 18, 202624 m25.3°C12 m
Jan 27, 202623 m25.5°C20 m
Jan 27, 20261,139 m25.6°C87 m
Feb 20, 202640 m24.5°C33 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 12, 2025 — seafloor 25 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Dec 12Jan 1, 2026 — seafloor 39 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Jan 1Jan 1, 2026 — seafloor 16 m (measured), deepest dive 15 m (modelled)Jan 1Jan 9, 2026 — seafloor 19 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)Jan 9Jan 10, 2026 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Jan 10Jan 11, 2026 — seafloor 16 m (measured), deepest dive 13 m (modelled)Jan 11Jan 17, 2026 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Jan 17Jan 18, 2026 — seafloor 24 m (measured), deepest dive 12 m (modelled)Jan 18Jan 27, 2026 — seafloor 23 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Jan 27Jan 27, 2026 — seafloor 1,139 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Jan 27Feb 20, 2026 — seafloor 40 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Feb 20

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

Dives

87 m
Deepest dive
4:45
Longest dive
119
Dives
14 m
Avg dive depth
11
Sightings
70
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010087 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (1,139 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 27, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
1,139 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.6°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 11 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
16 m – 1,139 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.5°C – 25.8°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 5.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 11 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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