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Chatham Strait

NepuPalaoa – Residency

5th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of NepuPalaoa
NepuPalaoa Confirmed in the catalog @6459
May 9 – Jul 26, 2020 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · May – Jul 2020

76 m
Deepest dive
2:44
Longest dive
40
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
79

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 9, 202039 m—36 m
Jul 26, 2020512 m—76 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 9, 2020 — seafloor 39 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)May 9Jul 26, 2020 — seafloor 512 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Jul 26

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

Dives

76 m
Deepest dive
2:44
Longest dive
40
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
79
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010076 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (512 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 26, 2020

measured
Seafloor depth
512 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
39 m – 512 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 5.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 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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