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Au'au Channel

HW-MN0443056 – Residency

14th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of HW-MN0443056
HW-MN0443056 Confirmed in the catalog @58783
Jan 24 – Feb 20, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Jan – Feb 2026

62 m
Deepest dive
2:34
Longest dive
50
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
27

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 24, 202633 m25.3°C24 m
Feb 4, 202675 m25.5°C62 m
Feb 4, 202668 m25.5°C32 m
Feb 20, 202631 m24.6°C18 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 24, 2026 — seafloor 33 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Jan 24Feb 4, 2026 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Feb 4Feb 4, 2026 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Feb 4Feb 20, 2026 — seafloor 31 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Feb 20

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

Dives

62 m
Deepest dive
2:34
Longest dive
50
Dives
15 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
27
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010062 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 4, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
75 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.5°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
31 m – 75 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.6°C – 25.5°C
Distance from shore
1.0 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 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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