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Au'au Channel

HW-MN0441637 – Residency

10th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of HW-MN0441637
HW-MN0441637 Confirmed in the catalog @33103
Feb 1 – Mar 2, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Feb – Mar 2026

55 m
Deepest dive
2:26
Longest dive
65
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
29

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Feb 1, 20262,383 m25.8°C31 m
Feb 11, 202642 m25.0°C35 m
Mar 2, 202668 m24.6°C55 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 2,383 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Feb 1Feb 11, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Feb 11Mar 2, 2026 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Mar 2

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

Dives

55 m
Deepest dive
2:26
Longest dive
65
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
29
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 (68 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 2, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
68 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.6°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
42 m – 2,383 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.6°C – 25.8°C
Distance from shore
2.0 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 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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