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Au'au Channel

T. Rex – Residency

17th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of T. Rex
T. Rex Confirmed in the catalog @41484
Feb 6 – Mar 2, 2025 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Feb – Mar 2025

89 m
Deepest dive
3:37
Longest dive
118
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
24

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Feb 6, 202569 m25.1°C55 m
Feb 8, 202522 m24.7°C20 m
Feb 13, 202579 m25.1°C72 m
Feb 25, 2025103 m25.2°C89 m
Mar 2, 202542 m25.3°C34 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 6, 2025 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Feb 6Feb 8, 2025 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Feb 8Feb 13, 2025 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Feb 13Feb 25, 2025 — seafloor 103 m (measured), deepest dive 89 m (modelled)Feb 25Mar 2, 2025 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Mar 2

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

Dives

89 m
Deepest dive
3:37
Longest dive
118
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
24
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010089 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (103 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 25, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
103 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.2°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
22 m – 103 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.7°C – 25.3°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 6.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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