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Chatham Strait

Toenail – Residency

15th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Toenail
Toenail Confirmed in the catalog @16856
May 19 – Sep 30, 2025 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · May – Sep 2025

179 m
Deepest dive
6:33
Longest dive
61
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
134
Deepest dive on record
179 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 19, 2025347 m—82 m
Jul 30, 2025174 m—82 m
Sep 30, 2025208 m—179 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 19, 2025 — seafloor 347 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)May 19Jul 30, 2025 — seafloor 174 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Jul 30Sep 30, 2025 — seafloor 208 m (measured), deepest dive 179 m (modelled)Sep 30

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

Dives

179 m
Deepest dive
6:33
Longest dive
61
Dives
30 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
134
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200179 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (208 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 30, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
208 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
174 m – 347 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 6.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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