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Salish Sea

Valiant – Residency

19th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Valiant
Valiant Confirmed in the catalog @11008
Jul 2 – Aug 13, 2019 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jul – Aug 2019

85 m
Deepest dive
3:55
Longest dive
35
Dives
Sightings
13
Days between first and last sighting
42

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 2, 2019200 m12.0°C—
Jul 3, 2019160 m11.4°C—
Jul 5, 2019160 m11.0°C—
Jul 6, 2019149 m11.3°C—
Jul 10, 201929 m11.2°C—
Jul 11, 201927 m11.7°C—
Jul 15, 2019180 m10.9°C—
Jul 27, 2019225 m12.8°C—
Jul 27, 2019166 m12.8°C—
Aug 4, 2019142 m12.1°C—
Aug 11, 2019172 m12.3°C65 m
Aug 12, 2019149 m12.3°C19 m
Aug 13, 2019105 m12.8°C85 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 2, 2019 — seafloor 200 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 2Jul 3, 2019 — seafloor 160 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 5, 2019 — seafloor 160 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 6, 2019 — seafloor 149 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 6Jul 10, 2019 — seafloor 29 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 11, 2019 — seafloor 27 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 15, 2019 — seafloor 180 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 15Jul 27, 2019 — seafloor 225 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 27, 2019 — seafloor 166 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 4, 2019 — seafloor 142 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 4Aug 11, 2019 — seafloor 172 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Aug 12, 2019 — seafloor 149 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Aug 13, 2019 — seafloor 105 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Aug 13

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

Dives

85 m
Deepest dive
3:55
Longest dive
35
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
13
Sightings
42
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010085 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (105 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 13, 2019

measured
Seafloor depth
105 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.8°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 13 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
27 m – 225 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.9°C – 12.8°C
Distance from shore
3.0 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 13 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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