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Chatham Strait

SEAK-1492 – Residency

3rd sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of SEAK-1492
SEAK-1492 Confirmed in the catalog @25175
Jun 9 – Aug 27, 2024 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Jun – Aug 2024

80 m
Deepest dive
3:25
Longest dive
25
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
79

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 9, 202450 m8.7°C39 m
Aug 26, 2024184 m11.8°C51 m
Aug 27, 2024159 m11.2°C80 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 9, 2024 — seafloor 50 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Jun 9Aug 26, 2024 — seafloor 184 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Aug 26Aug 27, 2024 — seafloor 159 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Aug 27

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

Dives

80 m
Deepest dive
3:25
Longest dive
25
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
79
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010080 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (159 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 27, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
159 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.2°C
Distance from shore
—

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
50 m – 184 m
Sea-surface temperature
8.7°C – 11.8°C
Distance from shore
1.0 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.

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