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Salish Sea

Valiant – Residency

53rd sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Valiant
Valiant Confirmed in the catalog @11008
Jun 17 – Aug 25, 2024 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jun – Aug 2024

65 m
Deepest dive
2:51
Longest dive
89
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
68

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 17, 2024185 m16.2°C65 m
Jun 17, 2024376 m16.1°C47 m
Jun 22, 202482 m13.3°C57 m
Jun 30, 2024102 m10.9°C46 m
Aug 25, 202464 m11.5°C25 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 17, 2024 — seafloor 185 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Jun 17Jun 17, 2024 — seafloor 376 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jun 17Jun 22, 2024 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jun 22Jun 30, 2024 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Jun 30Aug 25, 2024 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Aug 25

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

Dives

65 m
Deepest dive
2:51
Longest dive
89
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
68
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010065 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (185 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 17, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
185 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.2°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
64 m – 376 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.9°C – 16.2°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 13.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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