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Chatham Strait

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15th sighting in Chatham Strait
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Quote Confirmed in the catalog @15629
Aug 18 – Sep 16, 2023 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Aug – Sep 2023

118 m
Deepest dive
3:41
Longest dive
53
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
29

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 18, 202335 m11.9°C26 m
Aug 20, 202365 m11.4°C50 m
Aug 21, 202373 m11.7°C56 m
Aug 21, 202326 m11.3°C20 m
Sep 16, 2023222 m10.6°C118 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 18, 2023 — seafloor 35 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Aug 18Aug 20, 2023 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Aug 20Aug 21, 2023 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Aug 21Aug 21, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Aug 21Sep 16, 2023 — seafloor 222 m (measured), deepest dive 118 m (modelled)Sep 16

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

Dives

118 m
Deepest dive
3:41
Longest dive
53
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
29
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150118 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (222 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 · Sep 16, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
222 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.6°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
26 m – 222 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.6°C – 11.9°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 9.0 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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