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Chatham Strait

Simulacrum – Residency

7th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Simulacrum
Simulacrum Confirmed in the catalog @26673
Aug 3 – Sep 16, 2022 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Aug – Sep 2022

97 m
Deepest dive
4:20
Longest dive
38
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
44

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 3, 2022284 m—97 m
Aug 13, 202275 m—35 m
Sep 7, 202260 m—30 m
Sep 16, 2022114 m—65 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 3, 2022 — seafloor 284 m (measured), deepest dive 97 m (modelled)Aug 3Aug 13, 2022 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Aug 13Sep 7, 2022 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Sep 7Sep 16, 2022 — seafloor 114 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Sep 16

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

Dives

97 m
Deepest dive
4:20
Longest dive
38
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
44
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010097 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (284 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 3, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
284 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
60 m – 284 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 7.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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