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Salish Sea

2017 calf of Hydra – Residency

4th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of 2017 calf of Hydra
2017 calf of Hydra Confirmed in the catalog @11070
Jun 23 – Oct 18, 2022 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jun – Oct 2022

133 m
Deepest dive
4:17
Longest dive
42
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
117

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 23, 2022108 m—87 m
Jul 24, 2022167 m—133 m
Oct 18, 202235 m—29 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 23, 2022 — seafloor 108 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Jun 23Jul 24, 2022 — seafloor 167 m (measured), deepest dive 133 m (modelled)Jul 24Oct 18, 2022 — seafloor 35 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Oct 18

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

Dives

133 m
Deepest dive
4:17
Longest dive
42
Dives
37 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
117
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150133 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (167 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 · Jul 24, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
167 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
35 m – 167 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 11.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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