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Chatham Strait

Equilibrium – Residency

22nd sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Equilibrium
Equilibrium Confirmed in the catalog @6263
Jul 5 – 28, 2023 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Jul 2023

106 m
Deepest dive
4:13
Longest dive
98
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
24

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 5, 202391 m11.2°C82 m
Jul 8, 2023111 m11.9°C94 m
Jul 20, 2023330 m11.9°C106 m
Jul 24, 2023107 m12.4°C81 m
Jul 28, 2023100 m12.9°C57 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 5, 2023 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Jul 5Jul 8, 2023 — seafloor 111 m (measured), deepest dive 94 m (modelled)Jul 8Jul 20, 2023 — seafloor 330 m (measured), deepest dive 106 m (modelled)Jul 20Jul 24, 2023 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Jul 24Jul 28, 2023 — seafloor 100 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jul 28

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

Dives

106 m
Deepest dive
4:13
Longest dive
98
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
24
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150106 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (330 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 · Jul 20, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
330 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.9°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
91 m – 330 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.2°C – 12.9°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 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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