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Au'au Channel

TDI-15273 – Residency

2nd sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of TDI-15273
TDI-15273 Confirmed in the catalog @40085
Jan 31 – Feb 5, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Jan – Feb 2026

47 m
Deepest dive
1:40
Longest dive
17
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
5

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 31, 202657 m25.6°C38 m
Feb 5, 202656 m25.4°C47 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 31, 2026 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Jan 31Feb 5, 2026 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Feb 5

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

Dives

47 m
Deepest dive
1:40
Longest dive
17
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
5
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255047 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (56 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 5, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
56 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.4°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
56 m – 57 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.4°C – 25.6°C
Distance from shore
4.0 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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