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Au'au Channel

HW-MN0441710 – Residency

6th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of HW-MN0441710
HW-MN0441710 Confirmed in the catalog @33145
Feb 17 – 26, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Feb 2026

49 m
Deepest dive
2:13
Longest dive
31
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
9
Deepest dive on record
49 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Feb 17, 202642 m24.7°C25 m
Feb 17, 202647 m24.7°C35 m
Feb 25, 202636 m24.4°C30 m
Feb 25, 202642 m24.4°C33 m
Feb 26, 202656 m24.5°C49 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 17, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Feb 17Feb 17, 2026 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Feb 17Feb 25, 2026 — seafloor 36 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Feb 25Feb 25, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Feb 25Feb 26, 2026 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Feb 26

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

Dives

49 m
Deepest dive
2:13
Longest dive
31
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
9
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0255049 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (56 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 26, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
56 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.5°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
36 m – 56 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.4°C – 24.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 3.0 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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