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Au'au Channel

HW-MN0441675 – Residency

28th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of HW-MN0441675
HW-MN0441675 Confirmed in the catalog @33051
Jan 19 – Mar 8, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Jan – Mar 2026

60 m
Deepest dive
2:25
Longest dive
52
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
48

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 19, 202695 m25.4°C50 m
Feb 14, 202616 m24.8°C11 m
Feb 16, 202639 m24.8°C34 m
Feb 26, 202616 m24.3°C15 m
Mar 3, 202657 m24.7°C47 m
Mar 7, 202666 m24.7°C60 m
Mar 8, 202622 m24.4°C18 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 19, 2026 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Jan 19Feb 14, 2026 — seafloor 16 m (measured), deepest dive 11 m (modelled)Feb 14Feb 16, 2026 — seafloor 39 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Feb 16Feb 26, 2026 — seafloor 16 m (measured), deepest dive 15 m (modelled)Feb 26Mar 3, 2026 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Mar 3Mar 7, 2026 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Mar 7Mar 8, 2026 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Mar 8

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

Dives

60 m
Deepest dive
2:25
Longest dive
52
Dives
15 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
48
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010060 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 · Mar 7, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
66 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.7°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
16 m – 95 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.3°C – 25.4°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 6.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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