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Chatham Strait

Pelican – Residency

11th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Pelican
Pelican Confirmed in the catalog @6129
Jun 18 – Aug 13, 2025 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Jun – Aug 2025

147 m
Deepest dive
4:28
Longest dive
39
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
56

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 18, 2025300 m—147 m
Aug 13, 2025727 m—92 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 18, 2025 — seafloor 300 m (measured), deepest dive 147 m (modelled)Jun 18Aug 13, 2025 — seafloor 727 m (measured), deepest dive 92 m (modelled)Aug 13

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

Dives

147 m
Deepest dive
4:28
Longest dive
39
Dives
34 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
56
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150147 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (300 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 18, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
300 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
300 m – 727 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 5.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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