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Chatham Strait

SEAK-5477 – Residency

7th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of SEAK-5477
SEAK-5477 Confirmed in the catalog @65415
Aug 23 – Sep 30, 2025 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Aug – Sep 2025

116 m
Deepest dive
4:06
Longest dive
23
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
38
Deepest dive on record
116 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 23, 2025247 m14.5°C68 m
Sep 30, 2025210 m11.4°C116 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 247 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Aug 23Sep 30, 2025 — seafloor 210 m (measured), deepest dive 116 m (modelled)Sep 30

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

Dives

116 m
Deepest dive
4:06
Longest dive
23
Dives
30 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
38
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150116 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (210 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 · Sep 30, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
210 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.4°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
210 m – 247 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.4°C – 14.5°C
Distance from shore
1.0 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 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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