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Chatham Strait

Chaela – Residency

19th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Chaela
Chaela Confirmed in the catalog @26945
Jun 26 – Jul 14, 2022 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Jun – Jul 2022

136 m
Deepest dive
5:12
Longest dive
107
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
18

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 26, 202286 m—55 m
Jun 30, 202268 m—57 m
Jun 30, 202267 m—56 m
Jul 1, 202293 m—80 m
Jul 3, 202250 m—36 m
Jul 12, 2022118 m—79 m
Jul 12, 2022219 m—88 m
Jul 14, 2022193 m—136 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 26, 2022 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Jun 26Jun 30, 2022 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jun 30Jun 30, 2022 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jun 30Jul 1, 2022 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Jul 1Jul 3, 2022 — seafloor 50 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Jul 3Jul 12, 2022 — seafloor 118 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Jul 12Jul 12, 2022 — seafloor 219 m (measured), deepest dive 88 m (modelled)Jul 12Jul 14, 2022 — seafloor 193 m (measured), deepest dive 136 m (modelled)Jul 14

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

Dives

136 m
Deepest dive
5:12
Longest dive
107
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
18
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150136 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (193 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 14, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
193 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
50 m – 219 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 6.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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