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Chatham Strait

Boreophausia – Residency

28th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Boreophausia
Boreophausia Confirmed in the catalog @5850
Jul 16 – Aug 12, 2024 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Jul – Aug 2024

61 m
Deepest dive
3:11
Longest dive
88
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
27

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 16, 2024137 m11.0°C61 m
Jul 23, 202436 m—31 m
Jul 25, 202432 m9.7°C27 m
Aug 7, 202443 m13.1°C36 m
Aug 9, 2024-1 m13.0°C—
Aug 12, 202450 m12.5°C32 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 16, 2024 — seafloor 137 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Jul 16Jul 23, 2024 — seafloor 36 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Jul 23Jul 25, 2024 — seafloor 32 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Jul 25Aug 7, 2024 — seafloor 43 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Aug 7Aug 9, 2024 — seafloor -1 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 9Aug 12, 2024 — seafloor 50 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Aug 12

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

Dives

61 m
Deepest dive
3:11
Longest dive
88
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
27
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010061 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (137 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 16, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
137 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.0°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-1 m – 137 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.7°C – 13.1°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 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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