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Au'au Channel

Viva – Residency

6th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of Viva
Viva Confirmed in the catalog @40934
Feb 7 – 28, 2025 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Feb 2025

353 m
Deepest dive
10:07
Longest dive
77
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
21
Deepest dive on record
353 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Feb 7, 2025156 m—59 m
Feb 7, 2025199 m—147 m
Feb 7, 202535 m—31 m
Feb 22, 20251,530 m—353 m
Feb 25, 202537 m—27 m
Feb 28, 2025105 m—63 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 7, 2025 — seafloor 156 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Feb 7Feb 7, 2025 — seafloor 199 m (measured), deepest dive 147 m (modelled)Feb 7Feb 7, 2025 — seafloor 35 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Feb 7Feb 22, 2025 — seafloor 1,530 m (measured), deepest dive 353 m (modelled)Feb 22Feb 25, 2025 — seafloor 37 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Feb 25Feb 28, 2025 — seafloor 105 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Feb 28

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

Dives

353 m
Deepest dive
10:07
Longest dive
77
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
21
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0200400353 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (1,530 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 22, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
1,530 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
35 m – 1,530 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 11.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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