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Au'au Channel

HIHWNMS-2016-3-3_G05_A12 – Residency

4th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of HIHWNMS-2016-3-3_G05_A12
HIHWNMS-2016-3-3_G05_A12 Confirmed in the catalog @36851
Jan 13, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Jan 2026

79 m
Deepest dive
3:19
Longest dive
25
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
Same day
Deepest dive on record
79 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 13, 2026137 m25.7°C79 m
Jan 13, 202686 m25.7°C65 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 13, 2026 — seafloor 137 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Jan 13Jan 13, 2026 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Jan 13

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

Dives

79 m
Deepest dive
3:19
Longest dive
25
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
Same day
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010079 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (137 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 13, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
137 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.7°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
86 m – 137 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.7°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 7.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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