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Au'au Channel

CRC-20182 – Residency

11th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of CRC-20182
CRC-20182 Confirmed in the catalog @26449
Jan 2 – Mar 6, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Jan – Mar 2026

55 m
Deepest dive
2:23
Longest dive
35
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
63

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 2, 202666 m25.5°C55 m
Jan 2, 202643 m25.5°C36 m
Jan 22, 202671 m25.1°C52 m
Feb 21, 202694 m24.8°C55 m
Mar 6, 202662 m24.8°C31 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 2, 2026 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Jan 2Jan 2, 2026 — seafloor 43 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Jan 2Jan 22, 2026 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Jan 22Feb 21, 2026 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Feb 21Mar 6, 2026 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Mar 6

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

Dives

55 m
Deepest dive
2:23
Longest dive
35
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
63
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010055 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (66 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 · Feb 21, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
94 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.8°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
43 m – 94 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.8°C – 25.5°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 7.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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