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Chatham Strait

Scratch – Residency

11th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Scratch
Scratch Confirmed in the catalog @5323
Jun 14 – Sep 16, 2019 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Jun – Sep 2019

175 m
Deepest dive
7:02
Longest dive
90
Dives
Sightings
10
Days between first and last sighting
94

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 14, 2019158 m10.9°C107 m
Jun 15, 2019243 m10.5°C175 m
Jul 20, 2019129 m12.6°C48 m
Jul 21, 2019273 m12.8°C87 m
Jul 24, 2019269 m13.6°C88 m
Aug 21, 2019177 m12.7°C83 m
Aug 24, 2019117 m12.0°C29 m
Aug 28, 201993 m11.6°C37 m
Sep 15, 2019167 m12.1°C120 m
Sep 16, 2019217 m12.3°C30 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 14, 2019 — seafloor 158 m (measured), deepest dive 107 m (modelled)Jun 14Jun 15, 2019 — seafloor 243 m (measured), deepest dive 175 m (modelled)Jun 15Jul 20, 2019 — seafloor 129 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Jul 20Jul 21, 2019 — seafloor 273 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Jul 21Jul 24, 2019 — seafloor 269 m (measured), deepest dive 88 m (modelled)Jul 24Aug 21, 2019 — seafloor 177 m (measured), deepest dive 83 m (modelled)Aug 21Aug 24, 2019 — seafloor 117 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Aug 24Aug 28, 2019 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Aug 28Sep 15, 2019 — seafloor 167 m (measured), deepest dive 120 m (modelled)Sep 15Sep 16, 2019 — seafloor 217 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Sep 16

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

Dives

175 m
Deepest dive
7:02
Longest dive
90
Dives
33 m
Avg dive depth
10
Sightings
94
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200175 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (243 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 15, 2019

measured
Seafloor depth
243 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.5°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 10 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
93 m – 273 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.5°C – 13.6°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 2.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 10 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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