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Chatham Strait

Defenestration – Residency

35th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Defenestration
Defenestration Confirmed in the catalog @16924
Jun 30 – Aug 22, 2024 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Jun – Aug 2024

131 m
Deepest dive
5:05
Longest dive
45
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
53

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 30, 202478 m11.3°C52 m
Aug 20, 2024526 m14.4°C131 m
Aug 22, 2024526 m14.1°C125 m
Aug 22, 2024526 m14.1°C79 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 30, 2024 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Jun 30Aug 20, 2024 — seafloor 526 m (measured), deepest dive 131 m (modelled)Aug 20Aug 22, 2024 — seafloor 526 m (measured), deepest dive 125 m (modelled)Aug 22Aug 22, 2024 — seafloor 526 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Aug 22

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

Dives

131 m
Deepest dive
5:05
Longest dive
45
Dives
33 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
53
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150131 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (526 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 20, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
526 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.4°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
78 m – 526 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.3°C – 14.4°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 7.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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