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Salish Sea

Lorax – Residency

21st sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Lorax
Lorax Confirmed in the catalog @11258
Jun 6 – Aug 18, 2026 · Salish Sea

Herring Season, Green Water

Grey light, cold channels, my calf finally learning where the herring run.

79 m
Deepest dive
2:41
Longest dive
18
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
72

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 6, 202696 m10.4°C79 m
Jul 4, 202685 m12.7°C41 m
Aug 18, 2026102 m18.0°C46 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 6, 2026 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Jun 6Jul 4, 2026 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Jul 4Aug 18, 2026 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Aug 18

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

Dives

79 m
Deepest dive
2:41
Longest dive
18
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
72
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010079 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (96 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 6, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
96 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.4°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
85 m – 102 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.4°C – 18.0°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km – 8.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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