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Au'au Channel

HW-MN0443510 – Residency

8th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of HW-MN0443510
HW-MN0443510 Confirmed in the catalog @76497
Jan 8 – 18, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Jan 2026

67 m
Deepest dive
3:16
Longest dive
32
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
10
Deepest dive on record
67 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 8, 202676 m25.6°C67 m
Jan 8, 202669 m25.5°C53 m
Jan 18, 202633 m25.2°C29 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 76 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Jan 8Jan 8, 2026 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jan 8Jan 18, 2026 — seafloor 33 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Jan 18

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

Dives

67 m
Deepest dive
3:16
Longest dive
32
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
10
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010067 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (76 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 8, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
76 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.6°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
33 m – 76 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.2°C – 25.6°C
Distance from shore
1.0 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 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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