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Au'au Channel

SPLASH-630108 – Residency

11th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of SPLASH-630108
SPLASH-630108 Confirmed in the catalog @50430
Jan 19 – Mar 9, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Jan – Mar 2026

47 m
Deepest dive
2:04
Longest dive
120
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
50

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 19, 202642 m25.2°C37 m
Jan 19, 2026199 m25.4°C15 m
Jan 19, 202676 m25.4°C47 m
Jan 24, 202642 m25.3°C37 m
Jan 29, 202616 m25.6°C12 m
Jan 31, 202648 m25.6°C40 m
Mar 6, 202654 m24.8°C28 m
Mar 9, 202616 m24.4°C13 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 19, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Jan 19Jan 19, 2026 — seafloor 199 m (measured), deepest dive 15 m (modelled)Jan 19Jan 19, 2026 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jan 19Jan 24, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Jan 24Jan 29, 2026 — seafloor 16 m (measured), deepest dive 12 m (modelled)Jan 29Jan 31, 2026 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Jan 31Mar 6, 2026 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Mar 6Mar 9, 2026 — seafloor 16 m (measured), deepest dive 13 m (modelled)Mar 9

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

Dives

47 m
Deepest dive
2:04
Longest dive
120
Dives
14 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
50
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 (76 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 · Jan 19, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
76 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.4°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
16 m – 199 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.4°C – 25.6°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 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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