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Chatham Strait

SEAK-5621 – Residency

4th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of SEAK-5621
SEAK-5621 Confirmed in the catalog @73491
Aug 19 – Sep 10, 2023 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Aug – Sep 2023

100 m
Deepest dive
2:59
Longest dive
34
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
22

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 19, 2023139 m—26 m
Aug 22, 2023113 m—100 m
Sep 10, 202381 m—67 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 19, 2023 — seafloor 139 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Aug 19Aug 22, 2023 — seafloor 113 m (measured), deepest dive 100 m (modelled)Aug 22Sep 10, 2023 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Sep 10

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

Dives

100 m
Deepest dive
2:59
Longest dive
34
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
22
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
050100100 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (113 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 22, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
113 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
81 m – 139 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 4.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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