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Au'au Channel

CRC-20454 – Residency

2nd sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of CRC-20454
CRC-20454 Confirmed in the catalog @24043
Feb 27 – Mar 7, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Feb – Mar 2026

46 m
Deepest dive
2:01
Longest dive
16
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
8
Deepest dive on record
46 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Feb 27, 202679 m24.6°C19 m
Mar 7, 202654 m24.7°C46 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 27, 2026 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Feb 27Mar 7, 2026 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Mar 7

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

Dives

46 m
Deepest dive
2:01
Longest dive
16
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
8
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255046 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (54 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 · Mar 7, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
54 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
54 m – 79 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.6°C – 24.7°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 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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