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Chatham Strait

Apollo11 – Residency

33rd sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Apollo11
Apollo11 Confirmed in the catalog @18130
May 1 – Jul 29, 2023 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · May – Jul 2023

114 m
Deepest dive
4:16
Longest dive
196
Dives
Sightings
18
Days between first and last sighting
89

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 1, 2023299 m5.9°C48 m
Jun 3, 202385 m8.6°C68 m
Jun 9, 202345 m9.2°C37 m
Jun 21, 2023133 m9.8°C75 m
Jun 29, 202339 m10.3°C31 m
Jul 5, 202383 m10.9°C62 m
Jul 8, 2023247 m12.0°C114 m
Jul 8, 2023111 m11.9°C11 m
Jul 11, 202357 m12.0°C35 m
Jul 12, 202360 m12.1°C54 m
Jul 14, 202364 m13.1°C55 m
Jul 14, 202342 m13.0°C34 m
Jul 15, 202365 m13.0°C56 m
Jul 17, 202388 m12.0°C72 m
Jul 20, 202348 m11.7°C42 m
Jul 24, 202360 m12.2°C24 m
Jul 28, 2023100 m12.9°C79 m
Jul 29, 202341 m13.5°C37 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 1, 2023 — seafloor 299 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)May 1Jun 3, 2023 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Jun 9, 2023 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Jun 21, 2023 — seafloor 133 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Jun 21Jun 29, 2023 — seafloor 39 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Jul 5, 2023 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Jul 8, 2023 — seafloor 247 m (measured), deepest dive 114 m (modelled)Jul 8Jul 8, 2023 — seafloor 111 m (measured), deepest dive 11 m (modelled)Jul 11, 2023 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Jul 12, 2023 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Jul 12Jul 14, 2023 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Jul 14, 2023 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Jul 15, 2023 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jul 15Jul 17, 2023 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Jul 20, 2023 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Jul 24, 2023 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Jul 24Jul 28, 2023 — seafloor 100 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Jul 29, 2023 — seafloor 41 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)

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

Dives

114 m
Deepest dive
4:16
Longest dive
196
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
18
Sightings
89
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150114 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (247 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

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Place

Where this happened · Jul 8, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
247 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.0°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 18 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
39 m – 299 m
Sea-surface temperature
5.9°C – 13.5°C
Distance from shore
1.0 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 18 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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