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Chatham Strait

Hala – Residency

7th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Hala
Hala Confirmed in the catalog @19939
May 22 – Jun 24, 2025 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · May – Jun 2025

130 m
Deepest dive
4:52
Longest dive
26
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
33

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 22, 2025160 m—130 m
Jun 24, 2025247 m—55 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 22, 2025 — seafloor 160 m (measured), deepest dive 130 m (modelled)May 22Jun 24, 2025 — seafloor 247 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Jun 24

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

Dives

130 m
Deepest dive
4:52
Longest dive
26
Dives
33 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
33
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150130 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (160 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 · May 22, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
160 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
160 m – 247 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 8.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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