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Au'au Channel

HW-MN0441375 – Residency

12th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of HW-MN0441375
HW-MN0441375 Confirmed in the catalog @26407
Feb 4 – Apr 3, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Channel Season, Shallow and Loud

This warm water knows my sound before I even surface.

64 m
Deepest dive
2:30
Longest dive
44
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
58

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Feb 4, 202642 m25.4°C38 m
Apr 3, 2026584 m24.1°C64 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 4, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Feb 4Apr 3, 2026 — seafloor 584 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Apr 3

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

Dives

64 m
Deepest dive
2:30
Longest dive
44
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
58
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010064 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (584 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 · Apr 3, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
584 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.1°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
42 m – 584 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.1°C – 25.4°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 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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