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Au'au Channel

PWF-NP_1312 – Residency

9th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of PWF-NP_1312
PWF-NP_1312 Confirmed in the catalog @23920
Feb 15 – Mar 8, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Feb – Mar 2026

61 m
Deepest dive
2:59
Longest dive
47
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
21
Deepest dive on record
61 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Feb 15, 202659 m25.1°C41 m
Feb 15, 2026199 m25.1°C58 m
Feb 25, 202669 m24.4°C61 m
Mar 3, 202633 m24.7°C29 m
Mar 8, 202659 m24.6°C52 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Feb 15, 2026 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Feb 15Feb 15, 2026 — seafloor 199 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Feb 15Feb 25, 2026 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Feb 25Mar 3, 2026 — seafloor 33 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Mar 3Mar 8, 2026 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Mar 8

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

Dives

61 m
Deepest dive
2:59
Longest dive
47
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
21
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010061 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (69 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 25, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
69 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.4°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
33 m – 199 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.4°C – 25.1°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 9.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST 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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