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Salish Sea

Forge – Residency

19th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Forge
Forge Confirmed in the catalog @103268
May 19 – Sep 30, 2024 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · May – Sep 2024

142 m
Deepest dive
5:02
Longest dive
154
Dives
Sightings
16
Days between first and last sighting
134

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 19, 2024107 m—24 m
Jun 6, 2024125 m—47 m
Jun 7, 2024111 m—54 m
Jun 8, 2024156 m—142 m
Jun 17, 2024149 m—71 m
Jun 29, 2024140 m—117 m
Jun 30, 2024193 m—89 m
Jul 4, 2024159 m—86 m
Jul 6, 2024152 m—110 m
Jul 11, 2024152 m—29 m
Jul 12, 2024171 m—74 m
Jul 23, 2024153 m—123 m
Jul 28, 2024154 m—78 m
Sep 2, 202487 m—29 m
Sep 23, 202463 m—31 m
Sep 30, 2024230 m—104 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 19, 2024 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)May 19Jun 6, 2024 — seafloor 125 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jun 7, 2024 — seafloor 111 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Jun 8, 2024 — seafloor 156 m (measured), deepest dive 142 m (modelled)Jun 8Jun 17, 2024 — seafloor 149 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Jun 29, 2024 — seafloor 140 m (measured), deepest dive 117 m (modelled)Jun 30, 2024 — seafloor 193 m (measured), deepest dive 89 m (modelled)Jun 30Jul 4, 2024 — seafloor 159 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)Jul 6, 2024 — seafloor 152 m (measured), deepest dive 110 m (modelled)Jul 11, 2024 — seafloor 152 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Jul 11Jul 12, 2024 — seafloor 171 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Jul 23, 2024 — seafloor 153 m (measured), deepest dive 123 m (modelled)Jul 28, 2024 — seafloor 154 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Jul 28Sep 2, 2024 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Sep 23, 2024 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Sep 30, 2024 — seafloor 230 m (measured), deepest dive 104 m (modelled)Sep 30

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

Dives

142 m
Deepest dive
5:02
Longest dive
154
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
16
Sightings
134
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150142 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (156 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 · Jun 8, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
156 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 16 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
63 m – 230 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 14.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 16 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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