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Au'au Channel

HI22_0206 – Residency

3rd sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of HI22_0206
HI22_0206 Confirmed in the catalog @85404
Jan 18 – 26, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Jan 2026

37 m
Deepest dive
1:43
Longest dive
17
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
8

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 18, 202683 m25.2°C37 m
Jan 26, 202629 m25.4°C26 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 18, 2026 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Jan 18Jan 26, 2026 — seafloor 29 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Jan 26

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

Dives

37 m
Deepest dive
1:43
Longest dive
17
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
8
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255037 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (83 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
83 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.2°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
29 m – 83 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.2°C – 25.4°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 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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