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Chatham Strait

Melancholy – Residency

21st sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Melancholy
Melancholy Confirmed in the catalog @5311
Jun 25 – Sep 1, 2025 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Jun – Sep 2025

67 m
Deepest dive
2:38
Longest dive
21
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
68

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 25, 202518 m10.6°C17 m
Jun 27, 2025212 m11.3°C67 m
Sep 1, 2025137 m14.9°C48 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 25, 2025 — seafloor 18 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Jun 25Jun 27, 2025 — seafloor 212 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Jun 27Sep 1, 2025 — seafloor 137 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Sep 1

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

Dives

67 m
Deepest dive
2:38
Longest dive
21
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
68
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010067 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (212 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 · Jun 27, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
212 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.3°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
18 m – 212 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.6°C – 14.9°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 4.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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