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Au'au Channel

Spiro – Residency

6th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of Spiro
Spiro Confirmed in the catalog @35908
Dec 15, 2022 – Feb 16, 2023 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Dec 2022 – Feb 2023

78 m
Deepest dive
3:56
Longest dive
31
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
63
Deepest dive on record
78 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Dec 15, 202251 m—25 m
Feb 1, 202347 m—42 m
Feb 2, 202370 m—56 m
Feb 16, 2023111 m—78 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Dec 15, 2022 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Dec 15Feb 1, 2023 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Feb 1Feb 2, 2023 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Feb 2Feb 16, 2023 — seafloor 111 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Feb 16

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

Dives

78 m
Deepest dive
3:56
Longest dive
31
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
63
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010078 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (111 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 16, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
111 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
47 m – 111 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 6.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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