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Au'au Channel

HW-MN0443912 – Residency

10th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of HW-MN0443912
HW-MN0443912 Confirmed in the catalog @95642
Jan 29 – Mar 8, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Jan – Mar 2026

76 m
Deepest dive
2:27
Longest dive
43
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
38

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 29, 202616 m25.6°C14 m
Feb 24, 202642 m24.5°C17 m
Mar 8, 202692 m24.8°C76 m
Mar 8, 202622 m24.4°C19 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 29, 2026 — seafloor 16 m (measured), deepest dive 14 m (modelled)Jan 29Feb 24, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Feb 24Mar 8, 2026 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Mar 8Mar 8, 2026 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Mar 8

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

Dives

76 m
Deepest dive
2:27
Longest dive
43
Dives
14 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
38
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010076 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (92 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 · Mar 8, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
92 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.8°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
16 m – 92 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.4°C – 25.6°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 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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