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Chatham Strait

Socrates Whiskers – Residency

8th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Socrates Whiskers
Socrates Whiskers Confirmed in the catalog @23747
Jun 12 – Jul 4, 2026 · Chatham Strait

Green Water, Old Friends

Herring's stacking up and someone with a lens found me twice.

106 m
Deepest dive
4:05
Longest dive
25
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)
Jun 12, 202688 m9.7°C78 m
Jul 4, 2026342 m11.3°C106 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 12, 2026 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Jun 12Jul 4, 2026 — seafloor 342 m (measured), deepest dive 106 m (modelled)Jul 4

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

Dives

106 m
Deepest dive
4:05
Longest dive
25
Dives
35 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
075150106 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (342 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 · Jul 4, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
342 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.3°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
88 m – 342 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.7°C – 11.3°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 5.0 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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