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Chatham Strait

Equilibrium – Residency

13th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Equilibrium
Equilibrium Confirmed in the catalog @6263
Aug 2 – Sep 5, 2021 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Aug – Sep 2021

72 m
Deepest dive
2:43
Longest dive
49
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
34

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 2, 202178 m13.5°C72 m
Aug 16, 202132 m11.0°C29 m
Sep 5, 202158 m11.0°C51 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 2, 2021 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Aug 2Aug 16, 2021 — seafloor 32 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Aug 16Sep 5, 2021 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Sep 5

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

Dives

72 m
Deepest dive
2:43
Longest dive
49
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
34
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010072 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (78 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 2, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
78 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.5°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
32 m – 78 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.0°C – 13.5°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 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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