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Lynn Canal & Stephens Passage

SEAK-2248 – Residency

4th sighting in Lynn Canal & Stephens Passage
Fluke of SEAK-2248
SEAK-2248 Confirmed in the catalog @26702
Jul 27 – Sep 23, 2026 · Lynn Canal & Stephens Passage

Chatham Strait, Again and Always

Herring running thick, glaciers grinding, and me right where I belong.

121 m
Deepest dive
4:35
Longest dive
20
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
58

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 27, 202651 m13.0°C36 m
Aug 1, 2026303 m12.9°C121 m
Aug 15, 2026107 m14.6°C43 m
Sep 23, 2026-34 m10.6°C—

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 27, 2026 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Jul 27Aug 1, 2026 — seafloor 303 m (measured), deepest dive 121 m (modelled)Aug 1Aug 15, 2026 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Aug 15Sep 23, 2026 — seafloor -34 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Sep 23

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

Dives

121 m
Deepest dive
4:35
Longest dive
20
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
58
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150121 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (303 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 1, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
303 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.9°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-34 m – 303 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.6°C – 14.6°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 3.0 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.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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