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Chatham Strait

Polinahe – Residency

17th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Polinahe
Polinahe Confirmed in the catalog @5462
Jun 28 – Aug 31, 2022 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Jun – Aug 2022

99 m
Deepest dive
3:19
Longest dive
62
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
64

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 28, 2022335 m12.1°C69 m
Jul 19, 202238 m13.6°C33 m
Aug 1, 2022117 m13.6°C99 m
Aug 13, 202246 m12.4°C29 m
Aug 31, 2022127 m12.8°C96 m
Aug 31, 2022237 m12.9°C33 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, 2022 — seafloor 335 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Jun 28Jul 19, 2022 — seafloor 38 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Jul 19Aug 1, 2022 — seafloor 117 m (measured), deepest dive 99 m (modelled)Aug 1Aug 13, 2022 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Aug 13Aug 31, 2022 — seafloor 127 m (measured), deepest dive 96 m (modelled)Aug 31Aug 31, 2022 — seafloor 237 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Aug 31

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

Dives

99 m
Deepest dive
3:19
Longest dive
62
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
64
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010099 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (117 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 · Aug 1, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
117 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.6°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
38 m – 335 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.1°C – 13.6°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 8.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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