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Chatham Strait

SEAK-2177 – Residency

10th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of SEAK-2177
SEAK-2177 Confirmed in the catalog @271
Sep 6 – 24, 2026 · Chatham Strait

September, Chatham Strait Again

Two passes through my green corridor, both sweet, this month.

161 m
Deepest dive
5:39
Longest dive
19
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
18
Deepest dive on record
161 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 6, 2026194 m13.0°C161 m
Sep 24, 2026231 m—123 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 6, 2026 — seafloor 194 m (measured), deepest dive 161 m (modelled)Sep 6Sep 24, 2026 — seafloor 231 m (measured), deepest dive 123 m (modelled)Sep 24

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

Dives

161 m
Deepest dive
5:39
Longest dive
19
Dives
41 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
18
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200161 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (194 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 6, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
194 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.0°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
194 m – 231 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.0°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 5.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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