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Au'au Channel

Kroeger – Residency

13th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of Kroeger
Kroeger Confirmed in the catalog @30946
Feb 1 – Mar 3, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Feb – Mar 2026

106 m
Deepest dive
4:53
Longest dive
118
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
30

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Feb 1, 202666 m25.8°C40 m
Feb 4, 202675 m25.5°C60 m
Feb 4, 202668 m25.5°C31 m
Feb 7, 202633 m25.4°C29 m
Mar 3, 2026199 m24.9°C106 m
Mar 3, 202678 m24.9°C68 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 1, 2026 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Feb 1Feb 4, 2026 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Feb 4Feb 4, 2026 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Feb 4Feb 7, 2026 — seafloor 33 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Feb 7Mar 3, 2026 — seafloor 199 m (measured), deepest dive 106 m (modelled)Mar 3Mar 3, 2026 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Mar 3

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

Dives

106 m
Deepest dive
4:53
Longest dive
118
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
30
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150106 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (199 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 · Mar 3, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
199 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.9°C
Distance from shore
11.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
33 m – 199 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.9°C – 25.8°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 11.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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