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Chatham Strait

Twyla – Residency

27th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Twyla
Twyla Confirmed in the catalog @6414
Jul 25 – Aug 26, 2021 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Jul – Aug 2021

86 m
Deepest dive
5:20
Longest dive
47
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
32

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 25, 202193 m12.2°C72 m
Jul 28, 202148 m12.7°C34 m
Jul 29, 202196 m12.8°C86 m
Aug 26, 2021356 m10.6°C75 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 25, 2021 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Jul 25Jul 28, 2021 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Jul 28Jul 29, 2021 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)Jul 29Aug 26, 2021 — seafloor 356 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Aug 26

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

Dives

86 m
Deepest dive
5:20
Longest dive
47
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
32
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010086 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (96 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 29, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
96 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.8°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
48 m – 356 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.6°C – 12.8°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 8.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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