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Au'au Channel

HW-MN0442350 – Residency

10th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of HW-MN0442350
HW-MN0442350 Confirmed in the catalog @40918
Feb 15 – Mar 18, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Feb – Mar 2026

55 m
Deepest dive
3:13
Longest dive
54
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
31

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Feb 15, 2026199 m25.1°C53 m
Feb 19, 202641 m24.6°C22 m
Feb 19, 202642 m24.6°C33 m
Feb 20, 2026199 m24.8°C55 m
Mar 4, 202643 m24.7°C32 m
Mar 18, 202659 m24.7°C43 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Feb 15, 2026 — seafloor 199 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Feb 15Feb 19, 2026 — seafloor 41 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Feb 19Feb 19, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Feb 19Feb 20, 2026 — seafloor 199 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Feb 20Mar 4, 2026 — seafloor 43 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Mar 4Mar 18, 2026 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Mar 18

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

Dives

55 m
Deepest dive
3:13
Longest dive
54
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
31
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010055 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (199 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 20, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
199 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.8°C
Distance from shore
11.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
41 m – 199 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.6°C – 25.1°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 11.0 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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