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Au'au Channel

Snuffy – Residency

8th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of Snuffy
Snuffy Confirmed in the catalog @56065
Jan 12 – Feb 26, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Jan – Feb 2026

54 m
Deepest dive
2:35
Longest dive
29
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
45

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 12, 2026-2 m25.6°C—
Jan 14, 202662 m25.4°C54 m
Jan 14, 202677 m25.4°C54 m
Feb 7, 202678 m25.5°C18 m
Feb 26, 202642 m24.5°C29 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 12, 2026 — seafloor -2 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jan 12Jan 14, 2026 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Jan 14Jan 14, 2026 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Jan 14Feb 7, 2026 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Feb 7Feb 26, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Feb 26

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

Dives

54 m
Deepest dive
2:35
Longest dive
29
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
45
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010054 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (77 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 14, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
77 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.4°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-2 m – 78 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.5°C – 25.6°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 6.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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