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Au'au Channel

HW-MN0442815 – Residency

6th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of HW-MN0442815
HW-MN0442815 Confirmed in the catalog @55341
Jan 25 – Feb 17, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Jan – Feb 2026

68 m
Deepest dive
2:38
Longest dive
62
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
24

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 25, 202642 m25.4°C19 m
Jan 25, 202642 m25.4°C37 m
Jan 27, 2026103 m25.6°C68 m
Feb 17, 202671 m24.9°C57 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 19 m (modelled)Jan 25Jan 25, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Jan 25Jan 27, 2026 — seafloor 103 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Jan 27Feb 17, 2026 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Feb 17

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

Dives

68 m
Deepest dive
2:38
Longest dive
62
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
24
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010068 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 · Jan 27, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
103 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.6°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
42 m – 103 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.9°C – 25.6°C
Distance from shore
1.0 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 4 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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