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Au'au Channel

Kuliana – Residency

9th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of Kuliana
Kuliana Confirmed in the catalog @6287
Jan 16 – Feb 14, 2025 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Jan – Feb 2025

72 m
Deepest dive
2:56
Longest dive
57
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
29

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 16, 202572 m25.4°C65 m
Feb 10, 202579 m25.4°C72 m
Feb 14, 202552 m25.5°C23 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 16, 2025 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Jan 16Feb 10, 2025 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Feb 10Feb 14, 2025 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Feb 14

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

Dives

72 m
Deepest dive
2:56
Longest dive
57
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
29
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010072 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (79 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 10, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
79 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.4°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
52 m – 79 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.4°C – 25.5°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 6.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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