Activity map — real sighting points on an OpenStreetMap basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors
Chatham Strait

Twyla – Residency

72nd sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Twyla
Twyla Confirmed in the catalog @6414
Jun 21 – Aug 24, 2025 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Jun – Aug 2025

68 m
Deepest dive
2:25
Longest dive
84
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
64

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →
SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 21, 202527 m11.7°C22 m
Jun 29, 202594 m12.3°C68 m
Jul 25, 202576 m12.8°C57 m
Aug 1, 202522 m14.1°C18 m
Aug 4, 202521 m13.4°C18 m
Aug 23, 202533 m14.3°C21 m
Aug 24, 202586 m15.1°C55 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

Activity map — real sighting points on an OpenStreetMap basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors

Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 21, 2025 — seafloor 27 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Jun 21Jun 29, 2025 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Jun 29Jul 25, 2025 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jul 25Aug 1, 2025 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Aug 1Aug 4, 2025 — seafloor 21 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Aug 4Aug 23, 2025 — seafloor 33 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Aug 23Aug 24, 2025 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Aug 24

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

Dives

68 m
Deepest dive
2:25
Longest dive
84
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
64
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →

Dive profile

modelled
05010068 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (94 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.

Unlock with Risa Deep

Place

Where this happened · Jun 29, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
94 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.3°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
21 m – 94 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.7°C – 15.1°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 5.0 km

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

Activity map — real sighting points on an OpenStreetMap basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors

Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

The photographs and fluke identifications behind every sighting are the work of the contributing observers — the citizen scientists, naturalists and operators who logged them, each named in the underlying GBIF occurrence record. Every activity links out to its source encounters on Happywhale. Basemaps © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Happywhale runs on donations: support Happywhale →

Breach is an independent project. It is not affiliated with, nor endorsed by, Happywhale or GBIF.