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Chatham Strait

Hermeneutics – Residency

9th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Hermeneutics
Hermeneutics Confirmed in the catalog @26695
May 22 – Sep 17, 2023 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · May – Sep 2023

46 m
Deepest dive
1:54
Longest dive
20
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
118

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 22, 2023267 m—33 m
Jul 20, 2023384 m—46 m
Sep 17, 202359 m—46 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 22, 2023 — seafloor 267 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)May 22Jul 20, 2023 — seafloor 384 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Jul 20Sep 17, 2023 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Sep 17

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

Dives

46 m
Deepest dive
1:54
Longest dive
20
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
118
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255046 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (384 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 20, 2023

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

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
59 m – 384 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 7.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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