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Au'au Channel

Loner – Residency

3rd sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of Loner
Loner Confirmed in the catalog @23929
Feb 14 – 26, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Feb 2026

74 m
Deepest dive
2:50
Longest dive
31
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
12

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Feb 14, 202682 m25.1°C74 m
Feb 15, 202665 m24.9°C50 m
Feb 26, 202620 m24.6°C18 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 14, 2026 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Feb 14Feb 15, 2026 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Feb 15Feb 26, 2026 — seafloor 20 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Feb 26

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

Dives

74 m
Deepest dive
2:50
Longest dive
31
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
12
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010074 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (82 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 14, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
82 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.1°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
20 m – 82 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.6°C – 25.1°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 4.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST 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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