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Au'au Channel

BCX0542 – Residency

6th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of BCX0542
BCX0542 Confirmed in the catalog @35823
Mar 10 – 19, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Mar 2026

64 m
Deepest dive
2:32
Longest dive
71
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
9

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 10, 202670 m24.6°C64 m
Mar 16, 202642 m24.9°C37 m
Mar 19, 202642 m24.7°C39 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Mar 10, 2026 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Mar 10Mar 16, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Mar 16Mar 19, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Mar 19

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

Dives

64 m
Deepest dive
2:32
Longest dive
71
Dives
16 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
9
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010064 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 · Mar 10, 2026

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

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
42 m – 70 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.6°C – 24.9°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 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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