Darwin – Residency
8th sighting in Chatham Strait
Darwin @5304
Jun 18 – Oct 5, 2021 · Chatham Strait
Summer in the Strait
Spent the warm months working my usual waters, same reliable currents.
166 m
Deepest dive
6:15
Longest dive
67
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 109
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2021 | 165 m | 10.7°C | 95 m |
| Jul 19, 2021 | 487 m | 12.8°C | 53 m |
| Jul 29, 2021 | 81 m | 13.8°C | 51 m |
| Aug 8, 2021 | 116 m | 15.6°C | 19 m |
| Aug 27, 2021 | 239 m | 12.3°C | 166 m |
| Oct 5, 2021 | 82 m | 8.2°C | 44 m |
Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled
Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting
Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelledDepth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.
Dives
166 m
Deepest dive
6:15
Longest dive
67
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
109
Days first → last
Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (239 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 27, 2021
measured- Seafloor depth
- 239 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 81 m – 487 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 8.2°C – 15.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 5.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.