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Chatham Strait

Vulture – Residency

37th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Vulture
Vulture Confirmed in the catalog @6610
Jun 16 – Sep 13, 2024 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Jun – Sep 2024

154 m
Deepest dive
4:37
Longest dive
112
Dives
Sightings
10
Days between first and last sighting
89

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 16, 2024116 m10.0°C106 m
Jul 3, 202432 m10.9°C22 m
Jul 7, 2024112 m10.7°C77 m
Jul 10, 202435 m12.4°C30 m
Jul 22, 2024305 m13.1°C154 m
Aug 1, 2024106 m12.3°C66 m
Aug 3, 2024108 m12.9°C67 m
Aug 15, 2024-2 m13.6°C—
Sep 11, 2024160 m12.4°C105 m
Sep 13, 2024102 m12.1°C34 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 16, 2024 — seafloor 116 m (measured), deepest dive 106 m (modelled)Jun 16Jul 3, 2024 — seafloor 32 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Jul 3Jul 7, 2024 — seafloor 112 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Jul 7Jul 10, 2024 — seafloor 35 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Jul 10Jul 22, 2024 — seafloor 305 m (measured), deepest dive 154 m (modelled)Jul 22Aug 1, 2024 — seafloor 106 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Aug 1Aug 3, 2024 — seafloor 108 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Aug 3Aug 15, 2024 — seafloor -2 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 15Sep 11, 2024 — seafloor 160 m (measured), deepest dive 105 m (modelled)Sep 11Sep 13, 2024 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Sep 13

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

Dives

154 m
Deepest dive
4:37
Longest dive
112
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
10
Sightings
89
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200154 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (305 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 · Jul 22, 2024

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

Across the residency · 10 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-2 m – 305 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.0°C – 13.6°C
Distance from shore
1.0 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 10 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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