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Au'au Channel

TDI-16449 – Residency

6th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of TDI-16449
TDI-16449 Confirmed in the catalog @44877
Jan 25 – Feb 14, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Jan – Feb 2026

37 m
Deepest dive
2:43
Longest dive
39
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
20

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 25, 202642 m25.4°C31 m
Feb 14, 202662 m25.0°C37 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 25, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Jan 25Feb 14, 2026 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Feb 14

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

Dives

37 m
Deepest dive
2:43
Longest dive
39
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
20
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255037 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (62 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 14, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
62 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.0°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
42 m – 62 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.0°C – 25.4°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 3.0 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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