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Salish Sea

Andromeda – Residency

23rd sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Andromeda
Andromeda Confirmed in the catalog @10987
Aug 5 – Sep 21, 2026 · Salish Sea

Green Water, Full Nets

These narrows fed Galaxia, now they're fattening my newest one too.

122 m
Deepest dive
5:39
Longest dive
111
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
47

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 5, 202684 m14.5°C65 m
Aug 21, 2026166 m14.9°C89 m
Sep 4, 2026195 m—122 m
Sep 7, 2026125 m—76 m
Sep 8, 2026130 m—66 m
Sep 21, 2026137 m—118 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 5, 2026 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Aug 5Aug 21, 2026 — seafloor 166 m (measured), deepest dive 89 m (modelled)Aug 21Sep 4, 2026 — seafloor 195 m (measured), deepest dive 122 m (modelled)Sep 4Sep 7, 2026 — seafloor 125 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Sep 7Sep 8, 2026 — seafloor 130 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Sep 8Sep 21, 2026 — seafloor 137 m (measured), deepest dive 118 m (modelled)Sep 21

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

Dives

122 m
Deepest dive
5:39
Longest dive
111
Dives
32 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
47
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150122 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (195 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 · Sep 4, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
195 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
84 m – 195 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.5°C – 14.9°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 9.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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