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Chatham Strait

SEAK-5258 – Residency

9th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of SEAK-5258
SEAK-5258 Confirmed in the catalog @24123
Jun 15 – Aug 10, 2026 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait, Mid-Summer Run

Caught here twice this stretch — this channel and I go way back.

164 m
Deepest dive
5:12
Longest dive
20
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
56
Deepest dive on record
164 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 15, 2026353 m9.6°C75 m
Aug 10, 2026242 m14.2°C164 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 15, 2026 — seafloor 353 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Jun 15Aug 10, 2026 — seafloor 242 m (measured), deepest dive 164 m (modelled)Aug 10

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

Dives

164 m
Deepest dive
5:12
Longest dive
20
Dives
39 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
56
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200164 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (242 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 10, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
242 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.2°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
242 m – 353 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.6°C – 14.2°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 2.0 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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