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Chatham Strait

Ika – Residency

10th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Ika
Ika Confirmed in the catalog @5518
Jun 22 – Sep 9, 2022 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Jun – Sep 2022

77 m
Deepest dive
3:27
Longest dive
49
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
79

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 22, 2022630 m10.2°C71 m
Jun 26, 202296 m11.3°C56 m
Jun 28, 2022104 m11.8°C77 m
Jul 21, 202278 m13.1°C60 m
Sep 9, 2022227 m9.9°C76 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 22, 2022 — seafloor 630 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Jun 22Jun 26, 2022 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jun 26Jun 28, 2022 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Jun 28Jul 21, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Jul 21Sep 9, 2022 — seafloor 227 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Sep 9

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

Dives

77 m
Deepest dive
3:27
Longest dive
49
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
79
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010077 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (104 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 28, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
104 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.8°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
78 m – 630 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.9°C – 13.1°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 7.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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