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Chatham Strait

Bauxbaumia – Residency

25th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Bauxbaumia
Bauxbaumia Confirmed in the catalog @15037
Apr 2 – Aug 19, 2023 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Apr – Aug 2023

96 m
Deepest dive
3:28
Longest dive
106
Dives
Sightings
14
Days between first and last sighting
139

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 2, 202373 m4.7°C64 m
Apr 2, 202349 m4.8°C41 m
Apr 6, 202332 m5.5°C22 m
Apr 7, 20233 m5.0°C3 m
Jun 27, 202375 m10.8°C69 m
Jul 14, 202364 m13.1°C30 m
Jul 14, 202342 m13.0°C28 m
Jul 17, 202391 m12.0°C49 m
Jul 20, 202348 m11.7°C32 m
Jul 28, 202392 m12.9°C74 m
Jul 29, 202339 m13.5°C29 m
Aug 4, 2023211 m13.4°C96 m
Aug 18, 202335 m11.9°C30 m
Aug 19, 202365 m11.7°C48 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 2, 2023 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Apr 2Apr 2, 2023 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Apr 6, 2023 — seafloor 32 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Apr 7, 2023 — seafloor 3 m (measured), deepest dive 3 m (modelled)Apr 7Jun 27, 2023 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Jul 14, 2023 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Jul 14, 2023 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Jul 14Jul 17, 2023 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jul 20, 2023 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Jul 28, 2023 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Jul 28Jul 29, 2023 — seafloor 39 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Aug 4, 2023 — seafloor 211 m (measured), deepest dive 96 m (modelled)Aug 18, 2023 — seafloor 35 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Aug 18Aug 19, 2023 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)

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

Dives

96 m
Deepest dive
3:28
Longest dive
106
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
14
Sightings
139
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010096 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (211 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 · Aug 4, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
211 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.4°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 14 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
3 m – 211 m
Sea-surface temperature
4.7°C – 13.5°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 7.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 14 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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