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Au'au Channel

HW-MN0443333 – Residency

8th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of HW-MN0443333
HW-MN0443333 Confirmed in the catalog @60425
Feb 15 – Mar 5, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Feb – Mar 2026

119 m
Deepest dive
5:39
Longest dive
45
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
18
Deepest dive on record
119 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Feb 15, 202628 m24.7°C24 m
Mar 1, 2026199 m24.7°C119 m
Mar 1, 202659 m24.5°C29 m
Mar 3, 202635 m24.5°C26 m
Mar 5, 202616 m24.5°C11 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 15, 2026 — seafloor 28 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Feb 15Mar 1, 2026 — seafloor 199 m (measured), deepest dive 119 m (modelled)Mar 1Mar 1, 2026 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Mar 1Mar 3, 2026 — seafloor 35 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Mar 3Mar 5, 2026 — seafloor 16 m (measured), deepest dive 11 m (modelled)Mar 5

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

Dives

119 m
Deepest dive
5:39
Longest dive
45
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
18
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150119 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (199 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 1, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
199 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.7°C
Distance from shore
11.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
16 m – 199 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.5°C – 24.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 11.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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