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Chatham Strait

Canonical – Residency

14th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Canonical
Canonical Confirmed in the catalog @5895
Apr 19 – Aug 13, 2022 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Apr – Aug 2022

102 m
Deepest dive
4:00
Longest dive
122
Dives
Sightings
10
Days between first and last sighting
116

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 19, 202232 m5.5°C17 m
Apr 25, 2022571 m6.6°C61 m
Jun 10, 202237 m11.1°C30 m
Jun 10, 202250 m11.1°C25 m
Jun 26, 202276 m11.4°C60 m
Jun 28, 2022328 m12.1°C102 m
Jul 15, 202295 m12.4°C61 m
Jul 16, 202295 m12.2°C69 m
Aug 12, 202235 m12.2°C16 m
Aug 13, 202249 m12.4°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
Apr 19, 2022 — seafloor 32 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Apr 19Apr 25, 2022 — seafloor 571 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Apr 25Jun 10, 2022 — seafloor 37 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Jun 10Jun 10, 2022 — seafloor 50 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Jun 10Jun 26, 2022 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Jun 26Jun 28, 2022 — seafloor 328 m (measured), deepest dive 102 m (modelled)Jun 28Jul 15, 2022 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Jul 15Jul 16, 2022 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Jul 16Aug 12, 2022 — seafloor 35 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)Aug 12Aug 13, 2022 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Aug 13

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

Dives

102 m
Deepest dive
4:00
Longest dive
122
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
10
Sightings
116
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150102 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (328 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 · Jun 28, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
328 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.1°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 10 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
32 m – 571 m
Sea-surface temperature
5.5°C – 12.4°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 7.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 10 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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