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Chatham Strait

Sherona – Residency

7th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Sherona
Sherona Confirmed in the catalog @6441
Jul 19 – 29, 2021 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Jul 2021

180 m
Deepest dive
6:05
Longest dive
62
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
10

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 19, 2021285 m12.7°C180 m
Jul 25, 202184 m12.0°C76 m
Jul 25, 2021165 m12.1°C36 m
Jul 29, 202181 m13.8°C49 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 19, 2021 — seafloor 285 m (measured), deepest dive 180 m (modelled)Jul 19Jul 25, 2021 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Jul 25Jul 25, 2021 — seafloor 165 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Jul 25Jul 29, 2021 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jul 29

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

Dives

180 m
Deepest dive
6:05
Longest dive
62
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
10
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200180 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (285 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 19, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
285 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
81 m – 285 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.0°C – 13.8°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 4 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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