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Au'au Channel

HI19-0205 – Residency

20th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of HI19-0205
HI19-0205 Confirmed in the catalog @33459
Jan 8 – Mar 8, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Jan – Mar 2026

82 m
Deepest dive
3:25
Longest dive
55
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
59

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 8, 202676 m25.6°C62 m
Jan 24, 2026130 m25.4°C82 m
Jan 24, 2026121 m25.4°C72 m
Jan 30, 202616 m25.6°C13 m
Mar 8, 202654 m24.6°C39 m
Mar 8, 202670 m24.6°C52 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 8, 2026 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Jan 8Jan 24, 2026 — seafloor 130 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Jan 24Jan 24, 2026 — seafloor 121 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Jan 24Jan 30, 2026 — seafloor 16 m (measured), deepest dive 13 m (modelled)Jan 30Mar 8, 2026 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Mar 8Mar 8, 2026 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Mar 8

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

Dives

82 m
Deepest dive
3:25
Longest dive
55
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
59
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010082 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (130 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 · Jan 24, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
130 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.4°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
16 m – 130 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.6°C – 25.6°C
Distance from shore
4.0 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 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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