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Chatham Strait

Scratch – Residency

26th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Scratch
Scratch Confirmed in the catalog @5323
Jun 28 – Sep 11, 2024 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Jun – Sep 2024

147 m
Deepest dive
5:03
Longest dive
114
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
75

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 28, 2024134 m12.5°C25 m
Jul 12, 2024181 m11.4°C147 m
Jul 19, 2024532 m13.2°C106 m
Jul 30, 2024299 m11.6°C110 m
Aug 7, 202447 m15.0°C38 m
Sep 5, 202445 m14.2°C30 m
Sep 11, 2024160 m12.4°C116 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 28, 2024 — seafloor 134 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Jun 28Jul 12, 2024 — seafloor 181 m (measured), deepest dive 147 m (modelled)Jul 12Jul 19, 2024 — seafloor 532 m (measured), deepest dive 106 m (modelled)Jul 19Jul 30, 2024 — seafloor 299 m (measured), deepest dive 110 m (modelled)Jul 30Aug 7, 2024 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Aug 7Sep 5, 2024 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Sep 5Sep 11, 2024 — seafloor 160 m (measured), deepest dive 116 m (modelled)Sep 11

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

Dives

147 m
Deepest dive
5:03
Longest dive
114
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
75
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150147 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (181 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 12, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
181 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.4°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
45 m – 532 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.4°C – 15.0°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 3.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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