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Au'au Channel

HW-MN0441239 – Residency

14th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of HW-MN0441239
HW-MN0441239 Confirmed in the catalog @26114
Jan 18 – Mar 1, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Jan – Mar 2026

37 m
Deepest dive
1:40
Longest dive
54
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
42

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 18, 202642 m25.2°C37 m
Jan 18, 202637 m25.2°C25 m
Feb 14, 202622 m24.8°C18 m
Mar 1, 202616 m24.3°C14 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jan 18, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Jan 18Jan 18, 2026 — seafloor 37 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Jan 18Feb 14, 2026 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Feb 14Mar 1, 2026 — seafloor 16 m (measured), deepest dive 14 m (modelled)Mar 1

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

Dives

37 m
Deepest dive
1:40
Longest dive
54
Dives
13 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
42
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0255037 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (42 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 · Jan 18, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
42 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.2°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
16 m – 42 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.3°C – 25.2°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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