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Salish Sea

Lorax – Residency

11th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Lorax
Lorax Confirmed in the catalog @11258
May 16 – Jul 9, 2023 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · May – Jul 2023

140 m
Deepest dive
5:15
Longest dive
36
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
53

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 16, 2023204 m—53 m
May 27, 2023257 m—54 m
May 29, 2023410 m—140 m
Jul 9, 2023147 m—49 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 16, 2023 — seafloor 204 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)May 16May 27, 2023 — seafloor 257 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)May 27May 29, 2023 — seafloor 410 m (measured), deepest dive 140 m (modelled)May 29Jul 9, 2023 — seafloor 147 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jul 9

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

Dives

140 m
Deepest dive
5:15
Longest dive
36
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
53
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150140 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (410 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 · May 29, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
410 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
147 m – 410 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 10.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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