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Salish Sea

Valiant – Residency

26th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Valiant
Valiant Confirmed in the catalog @11008
Jun 19 – Sep 8, 2021 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jun – Sep 2021

109 m
Deepest dive
5:06
Longest dive
26
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
81

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 19, 2021298 m17.8°C62 m
Sep 8, 2021183 m11.8°C109 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 19, 2021 — seafloor 298 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Jun 19Sep 8, 2021 — seafloor 183 m (measured), deepest dive 109 m (modelled)Sep 8

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

Dives

109 m
Deepest dive
5:06
Longest dive
26
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
81
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150109 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (183 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 8, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
183 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.8°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
183 m – 298 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.8°C – 17.8°C
Distance from shore
9.0 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 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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