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Au'au Channel

HIHWNMS-2017-1-25_G03A04 – Residency

9th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of HIHWNMS-2017-1-25_G03A04
HIHWNMS-2017-1-25_G03A04 Confirmed in the catalog @36937
Dec 19, 2025 – Jan 28, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Dec 2025 – Jan 2026

71 m
Deepest dive
2:13
Longest dive
54
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
40

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Dec 19, 20251,236 m—67 m
Dec 24, 202548 m—40 m
Jan 24, 202642 m25.3°C38 m
Jan 28, 202642 m25.6°C34 m
Jan 28, 202639 m25.7°C28 m
Jan 28, 202683 m25.7°C71 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 19, 2025 — seafloor 1,236 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Dec 19Dec 24, 2025 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Dec 24Jan 24, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Jan 24Jan 28, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Jan 28Jan 28, 2026 — seafloor 39 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Jan 28Jan 28, 2026 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Jan 28

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

Dives

71 m
Deepest dive
2:13
Longest dive
54
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
40
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010071 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (83 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 28, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
83 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.7°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
39 m – 1,236 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.3°C – 25.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 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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