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Au'au Channel

Kelp – Residency

3rd sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of Kelp
Kelp Confirmed in the catalog @23607
Jan 7 – 16, 2023 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Jan 2023

55 m
Deepest dive
2:17
Longest dive
29
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
9

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 7, 202320 m25.1°C16 m
Jan 8, 2023125 m25.1°C55 m
Jan 16, 202326 m25.1°C22 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 7, 2023 — seafloor 20 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)Jan 7Jan 8, 2023 — seafloor 125 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Jan 8Jan 16, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Jan 16

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

Dives

55 m
Deepest dive
2:17
Longest dive
29
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
9
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010055 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (125 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 8, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
125 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.1°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
20 m – 125 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.1°C – 25.1°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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