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Au'au Channel

Ulaula – Residency

17th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of Ulaula
Ulaula Confirmed in the catalog @6413
Dec 4, 2025 – Jan 27, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Dec 2025 – Jan 2026

109 m
Deepest dive
3:53
Longest dive
75
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
54
Deepest dive on record
109 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Dec 4, 2025160 m26.4°C109 m
Dec 7, 2025113 m26.6°C55 m
Dec 11, 202562 m26.1°C42 m
Dec 18, 202551 m26.0°C38 m
Dec 24, 202557 m26.3°C48 m
Dec 24, 202554 m26.3°C27 m
Jan 27, 202642 m25.5°C30 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Dec 4, 2025 — seafloor 160 m (measured), deepest dive 109 m (modelled)Dec 4Dec 7, 2025 — seafloor 113 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Dec 7Dec 11, 2025 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Dec 11Dec 18, 2025 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Dec 18Dec 24, 2025 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Dec 24Dec 24, 2025 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Dec 24Jan 27, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Jan 27

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

Dives

109 m
Deepest dive
3:53
Longest dive
75
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
54
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150109 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (160 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 · Dec 4, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
160 m
Sea-surface temperature
26.4°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
42 m – 160 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.5°C – 26.6°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 8.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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