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Au'au Channel

Holey – Residency

2nd sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of Holey
Holey Confirmed in the catalog @5910
Feb 12 – Mar 11, 2023 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Feb – Mar 2023

48 m
Deepest dive
1:40
Longest dive
24
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
27

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Feb 12, 202329 m24.6°C20 m
Mar 11, 202358 m24.3°C48 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 12, 2023 — seafloor 29 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Feb 12Mar 11, 2023 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Mar 11

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

Dives

48 m
Deepest dive
1:40
Longest dive
24
Dives
14 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
27
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255048 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (58 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 · Mar 11, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
58 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.3°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
29 m – 58 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.3°C – 24.6°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR 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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