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Chatham Strait

SEAK-5642 – Residency

3rd sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of SEAK-5642
SEAK-5642 Confirmed in the catalog @58888
Aug 26 – 28, 2025 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Aug 2025

139 m
Deepest dive
6:07
Longest dive
45
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
2

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 26, 2025404 m15.1°C60 m
Aug 28, 2025539 m14.5°C139 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 26, 2025 — seafloor 404 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Aug 26Aug 28, 2025 — seafloor 539 m (measured), deepest dive 139 m (modelled)Aug 28

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

Dives

139 m
Deepest dive
6:07
Longest dive
45
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
2
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150139 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (539 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 28, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
539 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.5°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
404 m – 539 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.5°C – 15.1°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 3.0 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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