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Au'au Channel

HW-MN0441324 – Residency

13th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of HW-MN0441324
HW-MN0441324 Confirmed in the catalog @26356
Jan 11 – Feb 15, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Jan – Feb 2026

49 m
Deepest dive
1:58
Longest dive
28
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
35

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 11, 202672 m25.8°C49 m
Jan 31, 202651 m25.6°C30 m
Feb 15, 202623 m24.7°C15 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 11, 2026 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jan 11Jan 31, 2026 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Jan 31Feb 15, 2026 — seafloor 23 m (measured), deepest dive 15 m (modelled)Feb 15

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

Dives

49 m
Deepest dive
1:58
Longest dive
28
Dives
14 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
35
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255049 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (72 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 11, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
72 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.8°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
23 m – 72 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.7°C – 25.8°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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