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Au'au Channel

HW-MN0442866 – Residency

8th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of HW-MN0442866
HW-MN0442866 Confirmed in the catalog @58589
Jan 26 – Mar 3, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Jan – Mar 2026

20 m
Deepest dive
1:14
Longest dive
19
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
36

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 26, 202642 m25.4°C20 m
Feb 10, 202616 m24.9°C10 m
Mar 3, 202642 m24.7°C17 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 26, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Jan 26Feb 10, 2026 — seafloor 16 m (measured), deepest dive 10 m (modelled)Feb 10Mar 3, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Mar 3

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

Dives

20 m
Deepest dive
1:14
Longest dive
19
Dives
9 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
36
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255020 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (42 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 26, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
42 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.4°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
16 m – 42 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.7°C – 25.4°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 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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