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Chatham Strait

Karakia – Residency

11th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Karakia
Karakia Confirmed in the catalog @5429
Jun 21 – Sep 4, 2023 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Jun – Sep 2023

82 m
Deepest dive
3:19
Longest dive
88
Dives
Sightings
10
Days between first and last sighting
76

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 21, 2023137 m9.8°C30 m
Jun 25, 2023121 m12.3°C25 m
Jun 25, 202397 m12.3°C82 m
Jun 26, 202399 m12.7°C63 m
Jul 5, 202386 m10.9°C31 m
Jul 8, 2023111 m11.9°C35 m
Jul 26, 202362 m13.0°C31 m
Aug 20, 202365 m11.4°C47 m
Aug 21, 202373 m11.7°C21 m
Sep 4, 202358 m12.3°C45 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 21, 2023 — seafloor 137 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Jun 21Jun 25, 2023 — seafloor 121 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Jun 25Jun 25, 2023 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Jun 25Jun 26, 2023 — seafloor 99 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Jun 26Jul 5, 2023 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Jul 5Jul 8, 2023 — seafloor 111 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Jul 8Jul 26, 2023 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Jul 26Aug 20, 2023 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Aug 20Aug 21, 2023 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Aug 21Sep 4, 2023 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Sep 4

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

Dives

82 m
Deepest dive
3:19
Longest dive
88
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
10
Sightings
76
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010082 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (97 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 25, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
97 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.3°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 10 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
58 m – 137 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.8°C – 13.0°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 10 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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