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Chatham Strait

Sherona – Residency

15th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Sherona
Sherona Confirmed in the catalog @6441
Jul 14 – Aug 24, 2022 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Jul – Aug 2022

93 m
Deepest dive
3:09
Longest dive
90
Dives
Sightings
9
Days between first and last sighting
41

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 14, 202271 m12.5°C50 m
Jul 14, 202243 m12.5°C35 m
Jul 15, 2022102 m12.5°C93 m
Jul 15, 202259 m12.4°C40 m
Jul 15, 202295 m12.4°C79 m
Aug 1, 2022117 m13.6°C36 m
Aug 1, 202299 m12.2°C74 m
Aug 4, 202246 m12.5°C29 m
Aug 24, 202252 m13.5°C27 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 14, 2022 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Jul 14Jul 14, 2022 — seafloor 43 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Jul 14Jul 15, 2022 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive 93 m (modelled)Jul 15Jul 15, 2022 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Jul 15Jul 15, 2022 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Jul 15Aug 1, 2022 — seafloor 117 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Aug 1Aug 1, 2022 — seafloor 99 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Aug 1Aug 4, 2022 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Aug 4Aug 24, 2022 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Aug 24

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

Dives

93 m
Deepest dive
3:09
Longest dive
90
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
41
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010093 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (102 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 15, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
102 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.5°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 9 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
43 m – 117 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.2°C – 13.6°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 4.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 9 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.

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