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Chatham Strait

Bauxbaumia – Residency

34th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Bauxbaumia
Bauxbaumia Confirmed in the catalog @15037
Mar 27 – Aug 27, 2024 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Mar – Aug 2024

167 m
Deepest dive
4:52
Longest dive
156
Dives
Sightings
16
Days between first and last sighting
154
Deepest dive on record
167 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 27, 2024151 m6.2°C30 m
Mar 27, 202415 m6.3°C14 m
Mar 27, 202419 m6.2°C17 m
Jun 24, 202455 m11.3°C49 m
Jun 30, 202495 m11.3°C59 m
Jul 3, 202457 m10.3°C51 m
Jul 3, 202443 m11.0°C35 m
Jul 9, 202458 m12.1°C28 m
Jul 11, 202483 m11.2°C50 m
Jul 11, 202495 m10.1°C49 m
Jul 30, 2024-7 m11.6°C—
Aug 3, 2024165 m12.9°C128 m
Aug 7, 202486 m14.4°C48 m
Aug 18, 2024384 m13.8°C167 m
Aug 27, 2024241 m10.3°C27 m
Aug 27, 2024133 m10.6°C46 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Mar 27, 2024 — seafloor 151 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Mar 27Mar 27, 2024 — seafloor 15 m (measured), deepest dive 14 m (modelled)Mar 27, 2024 — seafloor 19 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Jun 24, 2024 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jun 24Jun 30, 2024 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Jul 3, 2024 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Jul 3, 2024 — seafloor 43 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Jul 3Jul 9, 2024 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Jul 11, 2024 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Jul 11, 2024 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jul 11Jul 30, 2024 — seafloor -7 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 3, 2024 — seafloor 165 m (measured), deepest dive 128 m (modelled)Aug 7, 2024 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Aug 7Aug 18, 2024 — seafloor 384 m (measured), deepest dive 167 m (modelled)Aug 27, 2024 — seafloor 241 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Aug 27, 2024 — seafloor 133 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Aug 27

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

Dives

167 m
Deepest dive
4:52
Longest dive
156
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
16
Sightings
154
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200167 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (384 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

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Place

Where this happened · Aug 18, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
384 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.8°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 16 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-7 m – 384 m
Sea-surface temperature
6.2°C – 14.4°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 8.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 16 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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