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Chatham Strait

Koka – Residency

10th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Koka
Koka Confirmed in the catalog @32884
Jul 5 – Sep 16, 2022 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Jul – Sep 2022

68 m
Deepest dive
2:55
Longest dive
48
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
73

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 5, 202243 m—35 m
Jul 14, 2022223 m—55 m
Jul 16, 2022156 m—64 m
Aug 19, 2022253 m—68 m
Aug 31, 2022112 m—56 m
Sep 16, 2022112 m—48 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 5, 2022 — seafloor 43 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Jul 5Jul 14, 2022 — seafloor 223 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Jul 14Jul 16, 2022 — seafloor 156 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Jul 16Aug 19, 2022 — seafloor 253 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Aug 19Aug 31, 2022 — seafloor 112 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Aug 31Sep 16, 2022 — seafloor 112 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Sep 16

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

Dives

68 m
Deepest dive
2:55
Longest dive
48
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
73
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010068 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (253 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 · Aug 19, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
253 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
43 m – 253 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 6.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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