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Au'au Channel

HW-MN0443385 – Residency

5th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of HW-MN0443385
HW-MN0443385 Confirmed in the catalog @70240
Jan 27 – Feb 26, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Jan – Feb 2026

52 m
Deepest dive
1:58
Longest dive
49
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
30

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 27, 202642 m25.5°C32 m
Jan 27, 202642 m25.5°C37 m
Jan 27, 202647 m25.6°C37 m
Jan 28, 202667 m25.7°C52 m
Feb 26, 202675 m24.6°C28 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 27, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Jan 27Jan 27, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Jan 27Jan 27, 2026 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Jan 27Jan 28, 2026 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Jan 28Feb 26, 2026 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Feb 26

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

Dives

52 m
Deepest dive
1:58
Longest dive
49
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
30
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010052 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (67 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 28, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
67 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.7°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
42 m – 75 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.6°C – 25.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 6.0 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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