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Chatham Strait

Azawad – Residency

5th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Azawad
Azawad Confirmed in the catalog @5840
May 5 – Jul 9, 2025 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · May – Jul 2025

274 m
Deepest dive
9:46
Longest dive
70
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
65
Deepest dive on record
274 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 5, 202517 m7.1°C16 m
May 10, 202577 m7.9°C65 m
Jul 9, 2025474 m12.8°C274 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 5, 2025 — seafloor 17 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)May 5May 10, 2025 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)May 10Jul 9, 2025 — seafloor 474 m (measured), deepest dive 274 m (modelled)Jul 9

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

Dives

274 m
Deepest dive
9:46
Longest dive
70
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
65
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0150300274 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (474 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 9, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
474 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.8°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
17 m – 474 m
Sea-surface temperature
7.1°C – 12.8°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 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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