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Au'au Channel

CRC-19612 – Residency

10th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of CRC-19612
CRC-19612 Confirmed in the catalog @64176
Jan 18 – Feb 22, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Jan – Feb 2026

94 m
Deepest dive
3:37
Longest dive
82
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
35

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 18, 202622 m25.3°C19 m
Jan 22, 202628 m25.1°C23 m
Feb 14, 202619 m25.0°C17 m
Feb 18, 202692 m24.8°C42 m
Feb 22, 2026199 m24.8°C94 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 18, 2026 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Jan 18Jan 22, 2026 — seafloor 28 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Jan 22Feb 14, 2026 — seafloor 19 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Feb 14Feb 18, 2026 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Feb 18Feb 22, 2026 — seafloor 199 m (measured), deepest dive 94 m (modelled)Feb 22

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

Dives

94 m
Deepest dive
3:37
Longest dive
82
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
35
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010094 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 · Feb 22, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
199 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.8°C
Distance from shore
11.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
19 m – 199 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.8°C – 25.3°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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