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Au'au Channel

Moustache – Residency

14th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of Moustache
Moustache Confirmed in the catalog @79691
Jan 14 – Feb 28, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Jan – Feb 2026

124 m
Deepest dive
3:56
Longest dive
103
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
45
Deepest dive on record
124 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 14, 202644 m25.7°C16 m
Jan 18, 202642 m25.2°C38 m
Jan 18, 202637 m25.2°C30 m
Jan 18, 2026199 m25.4°C124 m
Jan 19, 202633 m25.2°C30 m
Jan 19, 202668 m25.2°C39 m
Feb 28, 202651 m24.6°C32 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 14, 2026 — seafloor 44 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)Jan 14Jan 18, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Jan 18Jan 18, 2026 — seafloor 37 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Jan 18Jan 18, 2026 — seafloor 199 m (measured), deepest dive 124 m (modelled)Jan 18Jan 19, 2026 — seafloor 33 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Jan 19Jan 19, 2026 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Jan 19Feb 28, 2026 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Feb 28

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

Dives

124 m
Deepest dive
3:56
Longest dive
103
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
45
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150124 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 · Jan 18, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
199 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.4°C
Distance from shore
11.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
33 m – 199 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.6°C – 25.7°C
Distance from shore
1.0 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 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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