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Chatham Strait

Ghost – Residency

6th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Ghost
Ghost Confirmed in the catalog @24669
Jun 18 – Aug 11, 2024 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Jun – Aug 2024

122 m
Deepest dive
4:39
Longest dive
79
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
54

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 18, 202468 m11.0°C61 m
Jul 8, 202424 m13.2°C18 m
Jul 22, 2024288 m12.2°C122 m
Aug 9, 2024-22 m13.0°C—
Aug 11, 20247 m12.3°C6 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 18, 2024 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Jun 18Jul 8, 2024 — seafloor 24 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Jul 8Jul 22, 2024 — seafloor 288 m (measured), deepest dive 122 m (modelled)Jul 22Aug 9, 2024 — seafloor -22 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 9Aug 11, 2024 — seafloor 7 m (measured), deepest dive 6 m (modelled)Aug 11

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

Dives

122 m
Deepest dive
4:39
Longest dive
79
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
54
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150122 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (288 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 22, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
288 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.2°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-22 m – 288 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.0°C – 13.2°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 8.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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