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Chatham Strait

Aohololkoa – Residency

20th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Aohololkoa
Aohololkoa Confirmed in the catalog @5835
Jul 17 – Aug 15, 2025 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Jul – Aug 2025

117 m
Deepest dive
3:43
Longest dive
48
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
29

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 17, 20254 m12.0°C4 m
Jul 24, 2025159 m13.9°C117 m
Jul 26, 202588 m12.8°C64 m
Aug 1, 202522 m14.1°C17 m
Aug 15, 202535 m13.9°C31 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 17, 2025 — seafloor 4 m (measured), deepest dive 4 m (modelled)Jul 17Jul 24, 2025 — seafloor 159 m (measured), deepest dive 117 m (modelled)Jul 24Jul 26, 2025 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Jul 26Aug 1, 2025 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Aug 1Aug 15, 2025 — seafloor 35 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Aug 15

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

Dives

117 m
Deepest dive
3:43
Longest dive
48
Dives
16 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
29
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150117 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (159 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 · Jul 24, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
159 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.9°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
4 m – 159 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.0°C – 14.1°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 2.0 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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