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Lynn Canal & Stephens Passage

Gerhard – Residency

3rd sighting in Lynn Canal & Stephens Passage
Fluke of Gerhard
Gerhard Confirmed in the catalog @26699
Sep 18 – 29, 2025 · Lynn Canal & Stephens Passage

Lynn Canal & Stephens Passage · Sep 2025

45 m
Deepest dive
1:47
Longest dive
25
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
11

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 18, 202532 m—22 m
Sep 28, 202560 m12.2°C31 m
Sep 28, 202565 m12.2°C45 m
Sep 29, 202588 m11.7°C24 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Sep 18, 2025 — seafloor 32 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Sep 18Sep 28, 2025 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Sep 28Sep 28, 2025 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Sep 28Sep 29, 2025 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Sep 29

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

Dives

45 m
Deepest dive
1:47
Longest dive
25
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
11
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0255045 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (65 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 · Sep 28, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
65 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.2°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
32 m – 88 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.7°C – 12.2°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 2.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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