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Au'au Channel

Poniuniu – Residency

10th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of Poniuniu
Poniuniu Confirmed in the catalog @6471
Dec 31, 2025 – Feb 1, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Dec 2025 – Feb 2026

123 m
Deepest dive
4:58
Longest dive
52
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
32
Deepest dive on record
123 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Dec 31, 2025757 m25.6°C123 m
Jan 4, 202687 m25.5°C54 m
Jan 10, 202671 m25.6°C56 m
Feb 1, 202642 m25.6°C30 m
Feb 1, 202657 m25.6°C51 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 31, 2025 — seafloor 757 m (measured), deepest dive 123 m (modelled)Dec 31Jan 4, 2026 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Jan 4Jan 10, 2026 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jan 10Feb 1, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Feb 1Feb 1, 2026 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Feb 1

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

Dives

123 m
Deepest dive
4:58
Longest dive
52
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
32
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150123 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (757 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 31, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
757 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.6°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
42 m – 757 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.5°C – 25.6°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 7.0 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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