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Salish Sea

2017 calf of Hydra – Residency

24th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of 2017 calf of Hydra
2017 calf of Hydra Confirmed in the catalog @11070
Jun 17 – Jul 19, 2026 · Salish Sea

Green Water, Full Belly

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109 m
Deepest dive
4:46
Longest dive
98
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
32

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 17, 2026178 m15.8°C109 m
Jun 20, 202671 m15.7°C60 m
Jul 3, 2026159 m13.2°C84 m
Jul 5, 2026141 m16.0°C54 m
Jul 8, 2026153 m16.9°C91 m
Jul 19, 2026124 m13.9°C96 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, 2026 — seafloor 178 m (measured), deepest dive 109 m (modelled)Jun 17Jun 20, 2026 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Jun 20Jul 3, 2026 — seafloor 159 m (measured), deepest dive 84 m (modelled)Jul 3Jul 5, 2026 — seafloor 141 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Jul 5Jul 8, 2026 — seafloor 153 m (measured), deepest dive 91 m (modelled)Jul 8Jul 19, 2026 — seafloor 124 m (measured), deepest dive 96 m (modelled)Jul 19

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

Dives

109 m
Deepest dive
4:46
Longest dive
98
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
32
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150109 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (178 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, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
178 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.8°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
71 m – 178 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.2°C – 16.9°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 10.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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