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Au'au Channel

Psathyrella – Residency

6th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of Psathyrella
Psathyrella Confirmed in the catalog @6468
Jan 8 – 17, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Jan 2026

54 m
Deepest dive
2:24
Longest dive
32
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
9

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 8, 202648 m25.5°C39 m
Jan 8, 202642 m25.5°C34 m
Jan 17, 202670 m25.3°C54 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 8, 2026 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Jan 8Jan 8, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Jan 8Jan 17, 2026 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Jan 17

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

Dives

54 m
Deepest dive
2:24
Longest dive
32
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
9
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010054 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (70 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 17, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
70 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.3°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
42 m – 70 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.3°C – 25.5°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 5.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST 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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