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Chatham Strait

Sea Dragon – Residency

2nd sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Sea Dragon
Sea Dragon Confirmed in the catalog @6153
Jun 28 – Sep 17, 2026 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait, Two Looks

Whole summer stretched between my sightings, calf trailing my dive every time.

52 m
Deepest dive
2:10
Longest dive
14
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
81

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 28, 202634 m11.8°C28 m
Sep 17, 2026117 m—52 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 28, 2026 — seafloor 34 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Jun 28Sep 17, 2026 — seafloor 117 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Sep 17

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

Dives

52 m
Deepest dive
2:10
Longest dive
14
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
81
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010052 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (117 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 · Sep 17, 2026

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

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
34 m – 117 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.8°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 2.0 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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