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Hawaiian Islands

Imposter – Residency

4th sighting in Hawaiian Islands
Fluke of Imposter
Imposter Confirmed in the catalog @6220
Jan 7 – 8, 2026 · Hawaiian Islands

Hawaiian Islands · Jan 2026

114 m
Deepest dive
2:56
Longest dive
41
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
1

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 7, 2026474 m25.6°C57 m
Jan 8, 2026224 m25.4°C114 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 7, 2026 — seafloor 474 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jan 7Jan 8, 2026 — seafloor 224 m (measured), deepest dive 114 m (modelled)Jan 8

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

Dives

114 m
Deepest dive
2:56
Longest dive
41
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
1
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150114 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (224 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 8, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
224 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.4°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
224 m – 474 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.4°C – 25.6°C
Distance from shore
2.0 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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