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Au'au Channel

Hurricane Henry – Residency

7th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of Hurricane Henry
Hurricane Henry Confirmed in the catalog @5799
Feb 18 – Mar 2, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Feb – Mar 2026

52 m
Deepest dive
2:28
Longest dive
32
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
12

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Feb 18, 202623 m24.4°C20 m
Feb 18, 2026168 m24.8°C52 m
Feb 28, 202622 m24.4°C20 m
Mar 2, 202642 m24.6°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
Feb 18, 2026 — seafloor 23 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Feb 18Feb 18, 2026 — seafloor 168 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Feb 18Feb 28, 2026 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Feb 28Mar 2, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Mar 2

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

Dives

52 m
Deepest dive
2:28
Longest dive
32
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
12
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010052 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (168 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 18, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
168 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.8°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
22 m – 168 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.4°C – 24.8°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 9.0 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.

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