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Chatham Strait

Twyla – Residency

20th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Twyla
Twyla Confirmed in the catalog @6414
Apr 30 – Jul 21, 2018 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Apr – Jul 2018

99 m
Deepest dive
3:15
Longest dive
71
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
82

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 30, 2018224 m5.7°C99 m
May 3, 2018194 m6.0°C41 m
Jul 4, 201888 m10.4°C57 m
Jul 13, 201846 m11.4°C41 m
Jul 15, 201863 m11.2°C56 m
Jul 16, 201880 m11.4°C40 m
Jul 21, 201874 m11.0°C60 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 30, 2018 — seafloor 224 m (measured), deepest dive 99 m (modelled)Apr 30May 3, 2018 — seafloor 194 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)May 3Jul 4, 2018 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jul 4Jul 13, 2018 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Jul 13Jul 15, 2018 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jul 15Jul 16, 2018 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Jul 16Jul 21, 2018 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Jul 21

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

Dives

99 m
Deepest dive
3:15
Longest dive
71
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
82
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010099 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (224 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 · Apr 30, 2018

measured
Seafloor depth
224 m
Sea-surface temperature
5.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
46 m – 224 m
Sea-surface temperature
5.7°C – 11.4°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 2.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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