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Chatham Strait

Canonical – Residency

32nd sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Canonical
Canonical Confirmed in the catalog @5895
May 4 – Aug 1, 2024 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · May – Aug 2024

111 m
Deepest dive
5:05
Longest dive
104
Dives
Sightings
9
Days between first and last sighting
89

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 4, 2024127 m7.6°C111 m
Jun 20, 202477 m10.8°C34 m
Jun 30, 2024100 m11.3°C62 m
Jul 3, 202430 m10.3°C26 m
Jul 5, 202411 m10.7°C9 m
Jul 16, 202415 m10.9°C13 m
Jul 16, 202422 m10.8°C15 m
Jul 22, 2024518 m13.1°C45 m
Aug 1, 2024104 m12.3°C82 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 4, 2024 — seafloor 127 m (measured), deepest dive 111 m (modelled)May 4Jun 20, 2024 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Jun 20Jun 30, 2024 — seafloor 100 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Jun 30Jul 3, 2024 — seafloor 30 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Jul 3Jul 5, 2024 — seafloor 11 m (measured), deepest dive 9 m (modelled)Jul 5Jul 16, 2024 — seafloor 15 m (measured), deepest dive 13 m (modelled)Jul 16Jul 16, 2024 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 15 m (modelled)Jul 16Jul 22, 2024 — seafloor 518 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Jul 22Aug 1, 2024 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Aug 1

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

Dives

111 m
Deepest dive
5:05
Longest dive
104
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
89
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150111 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (127 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 4, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
127 m
Sea-surface temperature
7.6°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 9 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
11 m – 518 m
Sea-surface temperature
7.6°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 9 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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