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Chatham Strait

Vulture – Residency

12th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Vulture
Vulture Confirmed in the catalog @6610
Jul 24 – Sep 18, 2019 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Jul – Sep 2019

149 m
Deepest dive
6:14
Longest dive
128
Dives
Sightings
10
Days between first and last sighting
56

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 24, 201963 m12.9°C51 m
Jul 31, 2019121 m12.1°C66 m
Aug 7, 2019569 m13.9°C149 m
Aug 12, 201963 m13.3°C56 m
Aug 29, 2019141 m12.1°C119 m
Sep 3, 201990 m11.3°C45 m
Sep 15, 2019136 m11.6°C100 m
Sep 16, 2019244 m12.3°C62 m
Sep 17, 2019201 m12.1°C147 m
Sep 18, 201920 m11.3°C15 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 24, 2019 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Jul 24Jul 31, 2019 — seafloor 121 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Jul 31Aug 7, 2019 — seafloor 569 m (measured), deepest dive 149 m (modelled)Aug 7Aug 12, 2019 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Aug 12Aug 29, 2019 — seafloor 141 m (measured), deepest dive 119 m (modelled)Aug 29Sep 3, 2019 — seafloor 90 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Sep 3Sep 15, 2019 — seafloor 136 m (measured), deepest dive 100 m (modelled)Sep 15Sep 16, 2019 — seafloor 244 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Sep 16Sep 17, 2019 — seafloor 201 m (measured), deepest dive 147 m (modelled)Sep 17Sep 18, 2019 — seafloor 20 m (measured), deepest dive 15 m (modelled)Sep 18

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

Dives

149 m
Deepest dive
6:14
Longest dive
128
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
10
Sightings
56
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150149 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (569 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 7, 2019

measured
Seafloor depth
569 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.9°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 10 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
20 m – 569 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.3°C – 13.9°C
Distance from shore
1.0 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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