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Au'au Channel

Dipthong – Residency

10th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of Dipthong
Dipthong Confirmed in the catalog @33013
Jan 28 – Mar 4, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Jan – Mar 2026

52 m
Deepest dive
1:57
Longest dive
45
Dives
Sightings
5
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 28, 202642 m25.6°C26 m
Feb 4, 202668 m25.5°C49 m
Feb 5, 202656 m25.4°C23 m
Feb 19, 202670 m24.6°C52 m
Mar 4, 202648 m24.7°C36 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 28, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Jan 28Feb 4, 2026 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Feb 4Feb 5, 2026 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Feb 5Feb 19, 2026 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Feb 19Mar 4, 2026 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Mar 4

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

Dives

52 m
Deepest dive
1:57
Longest dive
45
Dives
16 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
35
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010052 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (70 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 19, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
70 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.6°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
42 m – 70 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.6°C – 25.6°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 5.0 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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