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Au'au Channel

BCX0180 – Residency

5th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of BCX0180
BCX0180 Confirmed in the catalog @37032
Jan 30 – Feb 27, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Jan – Feb 2026

62 m
Deepest dive
2:31
Longest dive
29
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
28
Deepest dive on record
62 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 30, 202648 m25.6°C20 m
Feb 12, 202668 m25.0°C62 m
Feb 27, 202665 m24.7°C58 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 30, 2026 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Jan 30Feb 12, 2026 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Feb 12Feb 27, 2026 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Feb 27

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

Dives

62 m
Deepest dive
2:31
Longest dive
29
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
28
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010062 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (68 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 12, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
68 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.0°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
48 m – 68 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.7°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 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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