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Chatham Strait

Casper – Residency

13th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Casper
Casper Confirmed in the catalog @26833
Apr 19 – Dec 3, 2022 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Apr – Dec 2022

172 m
Deepest dive
5:57
Longest dive
92
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
228
Deepest dive on record
172 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 19, 202234 m5.1°C30 m
May 30, 202263 m9.5°C48 m
May 31, 202288 m9.6°C58 m
Jun 27, 2022370 m11.9°C64 m
Jun 28, 2022406 m11.6°C172 m
Aug 28, 2022134 m14.3°C91 m
Sep 5, 2022292 m13.5°C67 m
Dec 3, 202266 m5.3°C49 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 19, 2022 — seafloor 34 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Apr 19May 30, 2022 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)May 30May 31, 2022 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)May 31Jun 27, 2022 — seafloor 370 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Jun 27Jun 28, 2022 — seafloor 406 m (measured), deepest dive 172 m (modelled)Jun 28Aug 28, 2022 — seafloor 134 m (measured), deepest dive 91 m (modelled)Aug 28Sep 5, 2022 — seafloor 292 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Sep 5Dec 3, 2022 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Dec 3

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

Dives

172 m
Deepest dive
5:57
Longest dive
92
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
228
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200172 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (406 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 · Jun 28, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
406 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.6°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
34 m – 406 m
Sea-surface temperature
5.1°C – 14.3°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 9.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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