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Chatham Strait

Defenestration – Residency

45th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Defenestration
Defenestration Confirmed in the catalog @16924
Jun 25 – Aug 26, 2025 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Jun – Aug 2025

64 m
Deepest dive
2:34
Longest dive
102
Dives
Sightings
10
Days between first and last sighting
62

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 25, 202544 m11.0°C36 m
Jul 16, 20254 m12.1°C4 m
Jul 25, 202576 m12.8°C29 m
Aug 1, 202522 m14.1°C19 m
Aug 4, 202521 m13.4°C19 m
Aug 15, 202535 m13.9°C31 m
Aug 21, 202545 m13.5°C34 m
Aug 23, 202572 m14.3°C64 m
Aug 24, 202586 m15.1°C48 m
Aug 26, 202536 m14.7°C28 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 25, 2025 — seafloor 44 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Jun 25Jul 16, 2025 — seafloor 4 m (measured), deepest dive 4 m (modelled)Jul 16Jul 25, 2025 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Jul 25Aug 1, 2025 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Aug 1Aug 4, 2025 — seafloor 21 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Aug 4Aug 15, 2025 — seafloor 35 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Aug 15Aug 21, 2025 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Aug 21Aug 23, 2025 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Aug 23Aug 24, 2025 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Aug 24Aug 26, 2025 — seafloor 36 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Aug 26

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

Dives

64 m
Deepest dive
2:34
Longest dive
102
Dives
16 m
Avg dive depth
10
Sightings
62
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010064 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (72 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 23, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
72 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.3°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 10 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
4 m – 86 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.0°C – 15.1°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 3.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 10 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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