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Chatham Strait

Azawad – Residency

7th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Azawad
Azawad Confirmed in the catalog @5840
Jul 24 – Aug 12, 2026 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait, All Mine

Two more sightings in these green waters I've long since claimed.

40 m
Deepest dive
1:49
Longest dive
17
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
19

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 24, 202688 m13.2°C40 m
Aug 12, 2026102 m13.7°C40 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 24, 2026 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Jul 24Aug 12, 2026 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Aug 12

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

Dives

40 m
Deepest dive
1:49
Longest dive
17
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
19
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255040 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (102 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 12, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
102 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
88 m – 102 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.2°C – 13.7°C
Distance from shore
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 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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