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Chatham Strait

Boreophausia – Residency

15th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Boreophausia
Boreophausia Confirmed in the catalog @5850
May 28 – Sep 7, 2022 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · May – Sep 2022

125 m
Deepest dive
6:39
Longest dive
90
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
102

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 28, 2022148 m10.9°C125 m
Jul 14, 2022206 m13.1°C17 m
Aug 1, 2022117 m13.6°C47 m
Aug 12, 202250 m12.2°C43 m
Aug 13, 202281 m12.4°C43 m
Sep 7, 202260 m12.2°C52 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 28, 2022 — seafloor 148 m (measured), deepest dive 125 m (modelled)May 28Jul 14, 2022 — seafloor 206 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Jul 14Aug 1, 2022 — seafloor 117 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Aug 1Aug 12, 2022 — seafloor 50 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Aug 12Aug 13, 2022 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Aug 13Sep 7, 2022 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Sep 7

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

Dives

125 m
Deepest dive
6:39
Longest dive
90
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
102
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150125 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (148 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 28, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
148 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.9°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
50 m – 206 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.9°C – 13.6°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 5.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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