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Au'au Channel

HW-MN0444055 – Residency

8th sighting in Au'au Channel
Fluke of HW-MN0444055
HW-MN0444055 Confirmed in the catalog @99924
Dec 27, 2025 – Jan 26, 2026 · Au'au Channel

Au'au Channel · Dec 2025 – Jan 2026

52 m
Deepest dive
2:23
Longest dive
88
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
30

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Dec 27, 202574 m—52 m
Dec 27, 202569 m—52 m
Jan 20, 20261,139 m25.2°C43 m
Jan 26, 202642 m25.4°C36 m
Jan 26, 202642 m25.4°C32 m
Jan 26, 202668 m25.5°C44 m
Jan 26, 202668 m25.5°C52 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Dec 27, 2025 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Dec 27Dec 27, 2025 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Dec 27Jan 20, 2026 — seafloor 1,139 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Jan 20Jan 26, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Jan 26Jan 26, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Jan 26Jan 26, 2026 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Jan 26Jan 26, 2026 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Jan 26

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

Dives

52 m
Deepest dive
2:23
Longest dive
88
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
30
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010052 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (68 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 26, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
68 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.5°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
42 m – 1,139 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.2°C – 25.5°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 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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