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Chatham Strait

Bauxbaumia – Residency

38th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Bauxbaumia
Bauxbaumia Confirmed in the catalog @15037
Jul 5 – Aug 6, 2025 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Jul – Aug 2025

82 m
Deepest dive
3:05
Longest dive
75
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
32

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 5, 2025108 m12.3°C82 m
Jul 21, 202515 m12.9°C13 m
Jul 25, 202576 m12.8°C47 m
Aug 1, 202522 m14.1°C20 m
Aug 6, 202545 m13.2°C26 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, 2025 — seafloor 108 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Jul 5Jul 21, 2025 — seafloor 15 m (measured), deepest dive 13 m (modelled)Jul 21Jul 25, 2025 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jul 25Aug 1, 2025 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Aug 1Aug 6, 2025 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Aug 6

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

Dives

82 m
Deepest dive
3:05
Longest dive
75
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
32
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010082 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (108 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 5, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
108 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.3°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
15 m – 108 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.3°C – 14.1°C
Distance from shore
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 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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