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Au'au Channel

HW-MN0442731 – Residency

9th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of HW-MN0442731
HW-MN0442731 Confirmed in the catalog @53982
Jan 31 – Feb 6, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Jan – Feb 2026

59 m
Deepest dive
2:23
Longest dive
92
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
6

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 31, 202670 m25.6°C59 m
Jan 31, 20261,139 m25.7°C31 m
Feb 4, 202635 m25.4°C32 m
Feb 4, 20261,139 m25.5°C48 m
Feb 5, 202649 m25.4°C36 m
Feb 6, 202646 m25.4°C31 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 31, 2026 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Jan 31Jan 31, 2026 — seafloor 1,139 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Jan 31Feb 4, 2026 — seafloor 35 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Feb 4Feb 4, 2026 — seafloor 1,139 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Feb 4Feb 5, 2026 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Feb 5Feb 6, 2026 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Feb 6

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

Dives

59 m
Deepest dive
2:23
Longest dive
92
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
6
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010059 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (70 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 31, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
70 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.6°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
35 m – 1,139 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.4°C – 25.7°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 5.0 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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