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Chatham Strait

Canonical – Residency

3rd sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Canonical
Canonical Confirmed in the catalog @5895
Aug 15 – 16, 2019 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Aug 2019

80 m
Deepest dive
3:01
Longest dive
21
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
1

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 15, 201988 m12.8°C80 m
Aug 16, 201946 m13.3°C24 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 15, 2019 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Aug 15Aug 16, 2019 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Aug 16

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

Dives

80 m
Deepest dive
3:01
Longest dive
21
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
1
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010080 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (88 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 15, 2019

measured
Seafloor depth
88 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.8°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
46 m – 88 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.8°C – 13.3°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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