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Au'au Channel

SEAK-5258 – Residency

5th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of SEAK-5258
SEAK-5258 Confirmed in the catalog @24123
Dec 1, 2025 – Feb 1, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Dec 2025 – Feb 2026

83 m
Deepest dive
3:12
Longest dive
40
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
62

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Dec 1, 202598 m26.5°C83 m
Feb 1, 202676 m25.7°C59 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Dec 1, 2025 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 83 m (modelled)Dec 1Feb 1, 2026 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Feb 1

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

Dives

83 m
Deepest dive
3:12
Longest dive
40
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
62
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010083 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (98 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 · Dec 1, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
98 m
Sea-surface temperature
26.5°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
76 m – 98 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.7°C – 26.5°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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