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Chatham Strait

Cornwallis – Residency

18th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Cornwallis
Cornwallis Confirmed in the catalog @6560
Apr 19 – Aug 13, 2022 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Apr – Aug 2022

70 m
Deepest dive
3:19
Longest dive
103
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
116

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 19, 202240 m5.1°C34 m
May 30, 202263 m9.5°C54 m
May 31, 202288 m9.6°C70 m
Jun 10, 20228 m11.1°C7 m
Jun 27, 202228 m11.9°C26 m
Jun 28, 2022453 m11.6°C32 m
Aug 13, 202248 m12.4°C42 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 19, 2022 — seafloor 40 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Apr 19May 30, 2022 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)May 30May 31, 2022 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)May 31Jun 10, 2022 — seafloor 8 m (measured), deepest dive 7 m (modelled)Jun 10Jun 27, 2022 — seafloor 28 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Jun 27Jun 28, 2022 — seafloor 453 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Jun 28Aug 13, 2022 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Aug 13

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

Dives

70 m
Deepest dive
3:19
Longest dive
103
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
116
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010070 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 · May 31, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
88 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.6°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
8 m – 453 m
Sea-surface temperature
5.1°C – 12.4°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 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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