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Salish Sea

2017 calf of Hydra – Residency

18th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of 2017 calf of Hydra
2017 calf of Hydra Confirmed in the catalog @11070
Jun 28 – Sep 13, 2025 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jun – Sep 2025

153 m
Deepest dive
5:33
Longest dive
117
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
77
Deepest dive on record
153 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 28, 2025108 m—40 m
Jun 28, 202599 m—45 m
Jun 29, 2025101 m—70 m
Jun 29, 202559 m—27 m
Jun 30, 2025100 m—70 m
Jul 6, 2025127 m—106 m
Jul 23, 2025180 m—153 m
Sep 13, 2025191 m—37 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 28, 2025 — seafloor 108 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Jun 28Jun 28, 2025 — seafloor 99 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Jun 28Jun 29, 2025 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Jun 29Jun 29, 2025 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Jun 29Jun 30, 2025 — seafloor 100 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Jun 30Jul 6, 2025 — seafloor 127 m (measured), deepest dive 106 m (modelled)Jul 6Jul 23, 2025 — seafloor 180 m (measured), deepest dive 153 m (modelled)Jul 23Sep 13, 2025 — seafloor 191 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Sep 13

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

Dives

153 m
Deepest dive
5:33
Longest dive
117
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
77
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200153 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (180 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 23, 2025

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

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
59 m – 191 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 12.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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