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Chatham Strait

Casper – Residency

30th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Casper
Casper Confirmed in the catalog @26833
Jun 20 – Aug 7, 2024 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Jun – Aug 2024

118 m
Deepest dive
4:40
Longest dive
102
Dives
Sightings
10
Days between first and last sighting
47

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 20, 202477 m10.8°C64 m
Jun 30, 202451 m11.3°C43 m
Jul 3, 202462 m10.3°C56 m
Jul 3, 202447 m10.3°C42 m
Jul 4, 2024620 m10.5°C109 m
Jul 13, 2024322 m12.6°C37 m
Jul 22, 2024305 m13.1°C118 m
Aug 1, 2024107 m12.3°C75 m
Aug 3, 2024165 m12.9°C99 m
Aug 7, 2024135 m14.4°C88 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 20, 2024 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Jun 20Jun 30, 2024 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Jun 30Jul 3, 2024 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jul 3Jul 3, 2024 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Jul 3Jul 4, 2024 — seafloor 620 m (measured), deepest dive 109 m (modelled)Jul 4Jul 13, 2024 — seafloor 322 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Jul 13Jul 22, 2024 — seafloor 305 m (measured), deepest dive 118 m (modelled)Jul 22Aug 1, 2024 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Aug 1Aug 3, 2024 — seafloor 165 m (measured), deepest dive 99 m (modelled)Aug 3Aug 7, 2024 — seafloor 135 m (measured), deepest dive 88 m (modelled)Aug 7

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

Dives

118 m
Deepest dive
4:40
Longest dive
102
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
10
Sightings
47
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150118 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (305 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 22, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
305 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.1°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 10 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
47 m – 620 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.3°C – 14.4°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 8.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 10 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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