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Chatham Strait

T. S. Eliot – Residency

18th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of T. S. Eliot
T. S. Eliot Confirmed in the catalog @5601
Aug 9 – 17, 2024 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Aug 2024

38 m
Deepest dive
2:01
Longest dive
11
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
8

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 9, 2024-17 m13.1°C—
Aug 10, 2024111 m12.7°C38 m
Aug 17, 202411 m13.4°C9 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 9, 2024 — seafloor -17 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 9Aug 10, 2024 — seafloor 111 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Aug 10Aug 17, 2024 — seafloor 11 m (measured), deepest dive 9 m (modelled)Aug 17

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

Dives

38 m
Deepest dive
2:01
Longest dive
11
Dives
11 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
8
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255038 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (111 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 10, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
111 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.7°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-17 m – 111 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.7°C – 13.4°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 9.0 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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