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Clarence Strait

Ghost – Residency

51st sighting in Clarence Strait
Fluke of Ghost
Ghost Confirmed in the catalog @24669
May 18 – Sep 17, 2026 · Clarence Strait

Chatham Strait, Every Summer

Trees leaning over the swell, cold water, good feeding—this stretch had it all.

104 m
Deepest dive
3:45
Longest dive
186
Dives
Sightings
15
Days between first and last sighting
122

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 18, 202621 m8.6°C19 m
Jun 12, 202690 m10.0°C39 m
Jun 23, 202627 m12.7°C22 m
Jun 25, 202642 m12.3°C19 m
Jul 9, 202646 m12.5°C38 m
Aug 4, 2026126 m12.8°C104 m
Aug 10, 202697 m13.6°C34 m
Aug 22, 202613 m14.2°C11 m
Aug 25, 2026187 m14.6°C31 m
Aug 27, 202642 m14.5°C29 m
Aug 28, 202676 m14.5°C37 m
Aug 28, 202623 m14.4°C19 m
Sep 6, 2026318 m13.4°C72 m
Sep 10, 202682 m13.3°C41 m
Sep 17, 202659 m11.5°C39 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 18, 2026 — seafloor 21 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)May 18Jun 12, 2026 — seafloor 90 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Jun 23, 2026 — seafloor 27 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Jun 25, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Jun 25Jul 9, 2026 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Aug 4, 2026 — seafloor 126 m (measured), deepest dive 104 m (modelled)Aug 10, 2026 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Aug 10Aug 22, 2026 — seafloor 13 m (measured), deepest dive 11 m (modelled)Aug 25, 2026 — seafloor 187 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Aug 27, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Aug 27Aug 28, 2026 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Aug 28, 2026 — seafloor 23 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Sep 6, 2026 — seafloor 318 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Sep 6Sep 10, 2026 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Sep 17, 2026 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)

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

Dives

104 m
Deepest dive
3:45
Longest dive
186
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
15
Sightings
122
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150104 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (126 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 4, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
126 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.8°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 15 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
13 m – 318 m
Sea-surface temperature
8.6°C – 14.6°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 4.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 15 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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