Maltease – Residency
22nd sighting in Chatham Strait
Maltease @16852
Mar 24 – Aug 7, 2023 · Chatham Strait
Chatham Strait · Mar – Aug 2023
78 m
Deepest dive
3:00
Longest dive
121
Dives
- Sightings
- 7
- Days between first and last sighting
- 135
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 2023 | 65 m | 4.5°C | 50 m |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 35 m | 5.6°C | 32 m |
| May 8, 2023 | 192 m | 7.3°C | 78 m |
| Jun 9, 2023 | 46 m | 9.2°C | 38 m |
| Jun 21, 2023 | 44 m | 9.8°C | 31 m |
| Jul 27, 2023 | 556 m | 13.1°C | 61 m |
| Aug 7, 2023 | 74 m | 12.4°C | 55 m |
Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled
Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting
Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelledDepth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.
Dives
78 m
Deepest dive
3:00
Longest dive
121
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
135
Days first → last
Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (192 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · May 8, 2023
measured- Seafloor depth
- 192 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 7.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km
Across the residency · 7 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 35 m – 556 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 4.5°C – 13.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 6.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.