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Chatham Strait

Mosaic – Residency

24th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Mosaic
Mosaic Confirmed in the catalog @5660
May 27 – Aug 24, 2025 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · May – Aug 2025

141 m
Deepest dive
4:16
Longest dive
60
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
89

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 27, 2025330 m7.9°C141 m
Jul 7, 2025187 m13.0°C64 m
Jul 14, 2025187 m12.7°C80 m
Jul 18, 2025305 m12.0°C78 m
Aug 24, 202586 m15.1°C24 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 27, 2025 — seafloor 330 m (measured), deepest dive 141 m (modelled)May 27Jul 7, 2025 — seafloor 187 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Jul 7Jul 14, 2025 — seafloor 187 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Jul 14Jul 18, 2025 — seafloor 305 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Jul 18Aug 24, 2025 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Aug 24

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

Dives

141 m
Deepest dive
4:16
Longest dive
60
Dives
31 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
89
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150141 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (330 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 27, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
330 m
Sea-surface temperature
7.9°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
86 m – 330 m
Sea-surface temperature
7.9°C – 15.1°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 4.0 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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