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Au'au Channel

PWF-NP_5198 – Residency

16th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of PWF-NP_5198
PWF-NP_5198 Confirmed in the catalog @54042
Dec 12, 2025 – Feb 4, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Dec 2025 – Feb 2026

86 m
Deepest dive
3:29
Longest dive
79
Dives
Sightings
9
Days between first and last sighting
54
Deepest dive on record
86 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Dec 12, 202563 m—58 m
Dec 14, 202578 m—57 m
Dec 18, 202566 m—32 m
Dec 21, 202571 m—63 m
Jan 3, 202665 m25.5°C35 m
Jan 3, 202670 m25.4°C43 m
Jan 4, 20261,625 m25.5°C86 m
Feb 4, 202622 m25.3°C17 m
Feb 4, 202622 m25.3°C19 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Dec 12, 2025 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Dec 12Dec 14, 2025 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Dec 14Dec 18, 2025 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Dec 18Dec 21, 2025 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Dec 21Jan 3, 2026 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Jan 3Jan 3, 2026 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Jan 3Jan 4, 2026 — seafloor 1,625 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)Jan 4Feb 4, 2026 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Feb 4Feb 4, 2026 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Feb 4

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

Dives

86 m
Deepest dive
3:29
Longest dive
79
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
54
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010086 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (1,625 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 4, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
1,625 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.5°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 9 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
22 m – 1,625 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.3°C – 25.5°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 7.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 9 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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