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Chatham Strait

Pelican – Residency

9th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Pelican
Pelican Confirmed in the catalog @6129
Aug 1 – 20, 2024 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Aug 2024

149 m
Deepest dive
4:23
Longest dive
38
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
19

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 1, 2024106 m—41 m
Aug 3, 2024117 m—61 m
Aug 20, 2024526 m—149 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 1, 2024 — seafloor 106 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Aug 1Aug 3, 2024 — seafloor 117 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Aug 3Aug 20, 2024 — seafloor 526 m (measured), deepest dive 149 m (modelled)Aug 20

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

Dives

149 m
Deepest dive
4:23
Longest dive
38
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
19
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150149 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (526 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 20, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
526 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
106 m – 526 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 3.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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