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Chatham Strait

Boreophausia – Residency

22nd sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Boreophausia
Boreophausia Confirmed in the catalog @5850
Jul 11 – 29, 2023 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Jul 2023

119 m
Deepest dive
3:42
Longest dive
63
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
18

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 11, 202341 m11.9°C36 m
Jul 12, 202364 m12.1°C49 m
Jul 14, 202364 m13.1°C57 m
Jul 15, 202366 m13.0°C58 m
Jul 24, 2023145 m12.5°C119 m
Jul 28, 2023100 m12.9°C56 m
Jul 29, 202391 m14.3°C41 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 11, 2023 — seafloor 41 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Jul 11Jul 12, 2023 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jul 12Jul 14, 2023 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jul 14Jul 15, 2023 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Jul 15Jul 24, 2023 — seafloor 145 m (measured), deepest dive 119 m (modelled)Jul 24Jul 28, 2023 — seafloor 100 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jul 28Jul 29, 2023 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Jul 29

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

Dives

119 m
Deepest dive
3:42
Longest dive
63
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
18
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150119 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (145 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, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
145 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.5°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
41 m – 145 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.9°C – 14.3°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 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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