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Au'au Channel

TDI-22988 – Residency

7th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of TDI-22988
TDI-22988 Confirmed in the catalog @89279
Feb 27 – Mar 1, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Feb – Mar 2026

35 m
Deepest dive
1:40
Longest dive
39
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
2

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Feb 27, 202650 m24.5°C35 m
Feb 27, 202643 m24.5°C32 m
Mar 1, 202643 m24.5°C24 m
Mar 1, 202628 m24.5°C24 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Feb 27, 2026 — seafloor 50 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Feb 27Feb 27, 2026 — seafloor 43 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Feb 27Mar 1, 2026 — seafloor 43 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Mar 1Mar 1, 2026 — seafloor 28 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Mar 1

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

Dives

35 m
Deepest dive
1:40
Longest dive
39
Dives
15 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
2
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0255035 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (50 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 · Feb 27, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
50 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.5°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
28 m – 50 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.5°C – 24.5°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 4.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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