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Chatham Strait

Boreophausia – Residency

11th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Boreophausia
Boreophausia Confirmed in the catalog @5850
Jul 25 – Sep 3, 2021 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Jul – Sep 2021

254 m
Deepest dive
7:54
Longest dive
69
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
40
Deepest dive on record
254 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 25, 202193 m12.2°C81 m
Aug 5, 2021138 m14.1°C56 m
Aug 14, 2021204 m10.1°C45 m
Aug 14, 202193 m10.1°C57 m
Aug 21, 2021121 m13.2°C26 m
Aug 27, 202138 m9.6°C32 m
Sep 3, 2021381 m11.5°C254 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 25, 2021 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Jul 25Aug 5, 2021 — seafloor 138 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Aug 5Aug 14, 2021 — seafloor 204 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Aug 14Aug 14, 2021 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Aug 14Aug 21, 2021 — seafloor 121 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Aug 21Aug 27, 2021 — seafloor 38 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Aug 27Sep 3, 2021 — seafloor 381 m (measured), deepest dive 254 m (modelled)Sep 3

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

Dives

254 m
Deepest dive
7:54
Longest dive
69
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
40
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0150300254 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (381 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 · Sep 3, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
381 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.5°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
38 m – 381 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.6°C – 14.1°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 8.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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