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Chatham Strait

Equals – Residency

9th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Equals
Equals Confirmed in the catalog @5325
May 30 – Jul 20, 2022 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · May – Jul 2022

62 m
Deepest dive
2:48
Longest dive
32
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
51

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 30, 202247 m9.4°C41 m
May 31, 202289 m9.6°C62 m
Jul 20, 202245 m13.8°C26 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 30, 2022 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)May 30May 31, 2022 — seafloor 89 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)May 31Jul 20, 2022 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Jul 20

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

Dives

62 m
Deepest dive
2:48
Longest dive
32
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
51
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010062 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (89 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 · May 31, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
89 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.6°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
45 m – 89 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.4°C – 13.8°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 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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