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Chatham Strait

Pandanus – Residency

10th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Pandanus
Pandanus Confirmed in the catalog @6485
Aug 23 – 24, 2025 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Aug 2025

195 m
Deepest dive
5:03
Longest dive
22
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
1
Deepest dive on record
195 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 23, 2025324 m14.4°C195 m
Aug 24, 202586 m15.1°C63 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 23, 2025 — seafloor 324 m (measured), deepest dive 195 m (modelled)Aug 23Aug 24, 2025 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Aug 24

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

Dives

195 m
Deepest dive
5:03
Longest dive
22
Dives
31 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
1
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200195 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (324 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 23, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
324 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.4°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
86 m – 324 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.4°C – 15.1°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 5.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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