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Au'au Channel

SEAK-5106 – Residency

3rd sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of SEAK-5106
SEAK-5106 Confirmed in the catalog @23481
Jan 24 – 25, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Jan 2026

90 m
Deepest dive
2:57
Longest dive
25
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
1

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 24, 202676 m25.3°C61 m
Jan 25, 2026230 m25.6°C90 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 24, 2026 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Jan 24Jan 25, 2026 — seafloor 230 m (measured), deepest dive 90 m (modelled)Jan 25

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

Dives

90 m
Deepest dive
2:57
Longest dive
25
Dives
32 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
1
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010090 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (230 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 25, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
230 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.6°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
76 m – 230 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.3°C – 25.6°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km – 7.0 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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