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Au'au Channel

PWF-NP_1374 – Residency

12th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of PWF-NP_1374
PWF-NP_1374 Confirmed in the catalog @23938
Feb 15 – Mar 3, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Feb – Mar 2026

104 m
Deepest dive
3:29
Longest dive
47
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
16
Deepest dive on record
104 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Feb 15, 2026199 m25.1°C104 m
Feb 15, 202667 m24.9°C59 m
Feb 17, 2026-0 m24.7°C—
Feb 17, 2026215 m24.9°C63 m
Mar 3, 202631 m24.5°C27 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 199 m (measured), deepest dive 104 m (modelled)Feb 15Feb 15, 2026 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Feb 15Feb 17, 2026 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Feb 17Feb 17, 2026 — seafloor 215 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Feb 17Mar 3, 2026 — seafloor 31 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Mar 3

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

Dives

104 m
Deepest dive
3:29
Longest dive
47
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
16
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150104 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (199 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 15, 2026

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

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-0 m – 215 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.5°C – 25.1°C
Distance from shore
2.0 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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