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Au'au Channel

HW-MN0443027 – Residency

7th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of HW-MN0443027
HW-MN0443027 Confirmed in the catalog @58754
Jan 20 – 29, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Jan 2026

45 m
Deepest dive
2:45
Longest dive
45
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
9

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 20, 202642 m25.2°C27 m
Jan 24, 202651 m25.3°C42 m
Jan 25, 202642 m25.4°C38 m
Jan 29, 202663 m25.7°C45 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 20, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Jan 20Jan 24, 2026 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Jan 24Jan 25, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Jan 25Jan 29, 2026 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Jan 29

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

Dives

45 m
Deepest dive
2:45
Longest dive
45
Dives
15 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
9
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0255045 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (63 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 29, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
63 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.7°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
42 m – 63 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.2°C – 25.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 3.0 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.

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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