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Chatham Strait

Twyla – Residency

75th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Twyla
Twyla Confirmed in the catalog @6414
Jul 9 – 31, 2026 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait, Herring Season

Green water, full bait balls, exactly where I belong all summer.

53 m
Deepest dive
2:32
Longest dive
51
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
22

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 9, 202646 m12.5°C40 m
Jul 23, 202623 m13.2°C20 m
Jul 31, 202680 m12.8°C53 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 9, 2026 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Jul 9Jul 23, 2026 — seafloor 23 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Jul 23Jul 31, 2026 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jul 31

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

Dives

53 m
Deepest dive
2:32
Longest dive
51
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
22
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010053 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (80 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 31, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
80 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.8°C
Distance from shore
—

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
23 m – 80 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.5°C – 13.2°C
Distance from shore
1.0 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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