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Kenai Fjords & Resurrection Bay

Chompers – Residency

3rd sighting in Kenai Fjords & Resurrection Bay
Fluke of Chompers
Chompers Confirmed in the catalog @102779
Jun 6 – Jul 13, 2026 · Kenai Fjords & Resurrection Bay

Icy Strait, Growing Into It

Herring thick, tide-rips loud, and I found my rhythm here.

143 m
Deepest dive
5:28
Longest dive
42
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
36
Deepest dive on record
143 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 6, 2026286 m8.1°C143 m
Jul 5, 2026286 m11.1°C79 m
Jul 13, 2026128 m12.3°C49 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 6, 2026 — seafloor 286 m (measured), deepest dive 143 m (modelled)Jun 6Jul 5, 2026 — seafloor 286 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Jul 5Jul 13, 2026 — seafloor 128 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jul 13

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

Dives

143 m
Deepest dive
5:28
Longest dive
42
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
36
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150143 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (286 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 · Jun 6, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
286 m
Sea-surface temperature
8.1°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
128 m – 286 m
Sea-surface temperature
8.1°C – 12.3°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 2.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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