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Salish Sea

Frolic – Residency

8th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Frolic
Frolic Confirmed in the catalog @104272
Sep 4 – Oct 8, 2023 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Sep – Oct 2023

88 m
Deepest dive
3:07
Longest dive
102
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
34

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 4, 202361 m—49 m
Sep 5, 2023146 m—30 m
Sep 13, 2023107 m—77 m
Sep 14, 202375 m—44 m
Sep 15, 202337 m—32 m
Sep 22, 20238 m—7 m
Sep 26, 202395 m—72 m
Oct 8, 2023101 m—88 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Sep 4, 2023 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Sep 4Sep 5, 2023 — seafloor 146 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Sep 5Sep 13, 2023 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Sep 13Sep 14, 2023 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Sep 14Sep 15, 2023 — seafloor 37 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Sep 15Sep 22, 2023 — seafloor 8 m (measured), deepest dive 7 m (modelled)Sep 22Sep 26, 2023 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Sep 26Oct 8, 2023 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 88 m (modelled)Oct 8

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

Dives

88 m
Deepest dive
3:07
Longest dive
102
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
34
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010088 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (101 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 · Oct 8, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
101 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
12.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
8 m – 146 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 12.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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