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Chatham Strait

Katherine Jean – Residency

6th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Katherine Jean
Katherine Jean Confirmed in the catalog @21011
May 14 – Jun 5, 2026 · Chatham Strait

The Strait Knows Me

Cedar in the air, and this water's known me since I was small.

52 m
Deepest dive
2:04
Longest dive
29
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
22

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 14, 202668 m7.9°C47 m
Jun 5, 202684 m10.1°C52 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 14, 2026 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)May 14Jun 5, 2026 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Jun 5

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

Dives

52 m
Deepest dive
2:04
Longest dive
29
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
22
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010052 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (84 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 · Jun 5, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
84 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.1°C
Distance from shore
—

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
68 m – 84 m
Sea-surface temperature
7.9°C – 10.1°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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