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Au'au Channel

HW-MN0442966 – Residency

3rd sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of HW-MN0442966
HW-MN0442966 Confirmed in the catalog @58692
Feb 19 – 21, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Feb 2026

58 m
Deepest dive
2:16
Longest dive
28
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
2
Deepest dive on record
58 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Feb 19, 202662 m24.6°C56 m
Feb 21, 202675 m24.6°C58 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 19, 2026 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Feb 19Feb 21, 2026 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Feb 21

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

Dives

58 m
Deepest dive
2:16
Longest dive
28
Dives
16 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
2
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010058 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (75 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 21, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
75 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.6°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
62 m – 75 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.6°C – 24.6°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 4.0 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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