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Chatham Strait

SEAK-5258 – Residency

7th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of SEAK-5258
SEAK-5258 Confirmed in the catalog @24123
May 17 – Aug 31, 2025 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · May – Aug 2025

145 m
Deepest dive
6:50
Longest dive
31
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
106

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 17, 2025329 m7.6°C114 m
Jul 29, 2025330 m13.7°C42 m
Aug 31, 2025383 m14.5°C145 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 17, 2025 — seafloor 329 m (measured), deepest dive 114 m (modelled)May 17Jul 29, 2025 — seafloor 330 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Jul 29Aug 31, 2025 — seafloor 383 m (measured), deepest dive 145 m (modelled)Aug 31

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

Dives

145 m
Deepest dive
6:50
Longest dive
31
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
106
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150145 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (383 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 31, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
383 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.5°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
329 m – 383 m
Sea-surface temperature
7.6°C – 14.5°C
Distance from shore
3.0 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 3 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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