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Chatham Strait

Pippin – Residency

7th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Pippin
Pippin Confirmed in the catalog @6475
Aug 26 – 30, 2026 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait, August Gold

Herring stacked up, cold bends found, another green summer sorted.

67 m
Deepest dive
2:45
Longest dive
23
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
4

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 26, 2026100 m13.8°C67 m
Aug 29, 2026102 m14.2°C49 m
Aug 30, 2026284 m14.2°C35 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 26, 2026 — seafloor 100 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Aug 26Aug 29, 2026 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Aug 29Aug 30, 2026 — seafloor 284 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Aug 30

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

Dives

67 m
Deepest dive
2:45
Longest dive
23
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
4
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010067 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (100 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 · Aug 26, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
100 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.8°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
100 m – 284 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.8°C – 14.2°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 6.0 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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