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Au'au Channel

PWF-NP_0852 – Residency

25th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of PWF-NP_0852
PWF-NP_0852 Confirmed in the catalog @23523
Jan 11 – Feb 27, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Jan – Feb 2026

47 m
Deepest dive
2:49
Longest dive
148
Dives
Sightings
11
Days between first and last sighting
48

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 11, 202648 m25.6°C21 m
Jan 26, 202642 m25.4°C32 m
Jan 26, 202635 m25.4°C30 m
Feb 1, 202652 m25.6°C45 m
Feb 1, 202642 m25.6°C36 m
Feb 5, 202654 m25.4°C25 m
Feb 6, 202651 m25.4°C43 m
Feb 12, 202642 m25.0°C38 m
Feb 19, 202653 m24.6°C45 m
Feb 21, 202656 m24.6°C47 m
Feb 27, 202648 m24.5°C38 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 11, 2026 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Jan 11Jan 26, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Jan 26Jan 26, 2026 — seafloor 35 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Jan 26Feb 1, 2026 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Feb 1Feb 1, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Feb 1Feb 5, 2026 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Feb 5Feb 6, 2026 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Feb 6Feb 12, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Feb 12Feb 19, 2026 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Feb 19Feb 21, 2026 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Feb 21Feb 27, 2026 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Feb 27

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

Dives

47 m
Deepest dive
2:49
Longest dive
148
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
11
Sightings
48
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255047 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (56 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 · Feb 21, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
56 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.6°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 11 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
35 m – 56 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.5°C – 25.6°C
Distance from shore
2.0 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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