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Au'au Channel

CRC-23162 – Residency

1st sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of CRC-23162
CRC-23162 Confirmed in the catalog @57920
Feb 22 – Mar 18, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Feb – Mar 2026

404 m
Deepest dive
10:27
Longest dive
21
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
24
Deepest dive on record
404 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Feb 22, 20261,139 m24.7°C404 m
Mar 18, 2026404 m24.6°C137 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Feb 22, 2026 — seafloor 1,139 m (measured), deepest dive 404 m (modelled)Feb 22Mar 18, 2026 — seafloor 404 m (measured), deepest dive 137 m (modelled)Mar 18

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

Dives

404 m
Deepest dive
10:27
Longest dive
21
Dives
49 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
24
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0225450404 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (1,139 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 · Feb 22, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
1,139 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.7°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
404 m – 1,139 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.6°C – 24.7°C
Distance from shore
3.0 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 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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