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Chatham Strait

Quote – Residency

4th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Quote
Quote Confirmed in the catalog @15629
Jul 28 – Aug 31, 2021 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Jul – Aug 2021

188 m
Deepest dive
6:21
Longest dive
78
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
35

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 28, 202148 m12.7°C44 m
Aug 31, 2021127 m10.9°C96 m
Aug 31, 2021272 m10.2°C188 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 28, 2021 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Jul 28Aug 31, 2021 — seafloor 127 m (measured), deepest dive 96 m (modelled)Aug 31Aug 31, 2021 — seafloor 272 m (measured), deepest dive 188 m (modelled)Aug 31

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

Dives

188 m
Deepest dive
6:21
Longest dive
78
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
35
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200188 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (272 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 31, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
272 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.2°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
48 m – 272 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.2°C – 12.7°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 4.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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