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Chatham Strait

Chaela – Residency

11th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Chaela
Chaela Confirmed in the catalog @26945
Jul 18 – Sep 3, 2021 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Jul – Sep 2021

143 m
Deepest dive
5:18
Longest dive
65
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
47
Deepest dive on record
143 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 18, 202185 m—66 m
Aug 20, 2021111 m—81 m
Aug 22, 2021111 m—94 m
Sep 3, 2021205 m—143 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 18, 2021 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Jul 18Aug 20, 2021 — seafloor 111 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Aug 20Aug 22, 2021 — seafloor 111 m (measured), deepest dive 94 m (modelled)Aug 22Sep 3, 2021 — seafloor 205 m (measured), deepest dive 143 m (modelled)Sep 3

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

Dives

143 m
Deepest dive
5:18
Longest dive
65
Dives
36 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
47
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150143 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (205 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 3, 2021

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

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
85 m – 205 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 5.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · 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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