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Chatham Strait

Puhina – Residency

19th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Puhina
Puhina Confirmed in the catalog @13783
Jul 5 – 28, 2023 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Jul 2023

98 m
Deepest dive
3:40
Longest dive
88
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
24

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 5, 202391 m—79 m
Jul 11, 202348 m—36 m
Jul 12, 202364 m—33 m
Jul 14, 202364 m—48 m
Jul 15, 202366 m—51 m
Jul 17, 202380 m—73 m
Jul 24, 2023142 m—98 m
Jul 28, 2023100 m—90 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 5, 2023 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Jul 5Jul 11, 2023 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Jul 11Jul 12, 2023 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Jul 12Jul 14, 2023 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Jul 14Jul 15, 2023 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Jul 15Jul 17, 2023 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Jul 17Jul 24, 2023 — seafloor 142 m (measured), deepest dive 98 m (modelled)Jul 24Jul 28, 2023 — seafloor 100 m (measured), deepest dive 90 m (modelled)Jul 28

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

Dives

98 m
Deepest dive
3:40
Longest dive
88
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
24
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010098 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (142 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 · Jul 24, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
142 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
48 m – 142 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 4.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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