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Chatham Strait

Cornwallis – Residency

28th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Cornwallis
Cornwallis Confirmed in the catalog @6560
Jun 18 – Sep 17, 2024 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Jun – Sep 2024

74 m
Deepest dive
2:41
Longest dive
111
Dives
Sightings
10
Days between first and last sighting
91

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 18, 202469 m11.0°C48 m
Jun 26, 202427 m13.6°C19 m
Jun 27, 202427 m13.8°C22 m
Jun 27, 202427 m13.8°C18 m
Jul 8, 202433 m13.2°C25 m
Jul 26, 2024152 m10.0°C56 m
Jul 29, 202452 m9.8°C43 m
Aug 6, 202488 m13.1°C74 m
Aug 11, 20247 m12.3°C5 m
Sep 17, 202438 m12.3°C17 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 18, 2024 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Jun 18Jun 26, 2024 — seafloor 27 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Jun 26Jun 27, 2024 — seafloor 27 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Jun 27Jun 27, 2024 — seafloor 27 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Jun 27Jul 8, 2024 — seafloor 33 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Jul 8Jul 26, 2024 — seafloor 152 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jul 26Jul 29, 2024 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Jul 29Aug 6, 2024 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Aug 6Aug 11, 2024 — seafloor 7 m (measured), deepest dive 5 m (modelled)Aug 11Sep 17, 2024 — seafloor 38 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Sep 17

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

Dives

74 m
Deepest dive
2:41
Longest dive
111
Dives
16 m
Avg dive depth
10
Sightings
91
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010074 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (88 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 6, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
88 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.1°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 10 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
7 m – 152 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.8°C – 13.8°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 3.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 10 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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