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Chatham Strait

Chaela – Residency

7th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Chaela
Chaela Confirmed in the catalog @26945
Sep 4 – 19, 2020 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Sep 2020

43 m
Deepest dive
1:50
Longest dive
28
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
15

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 4, 202061 m—43 m
Sep 19, 202060 m—28 m
Sep 19, 202060 m—33 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 4, 2020 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Sep 4Sep 19, 2020 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Sep 19Sep 19, 2020 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Sep 19

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

Dives

43 m
Deepest dive
1:50
Longest dive
28
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
15
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255043 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (61 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 4, 2020

measured
Seafloor depth
61 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
60 m – 61 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
5.0 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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