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Salish Sea

Aether – Residency

10th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Aether
Aether Confirmed in the catalog @120178
Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2024 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jun – Jul 2024

120 m
Deepest dive
5:01
Longest dive
124
Dives
Sightings
10
Days between first and last sighting
55

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 6, 2024125 m—107 m
Jun 7, 202495 m—54 m
Jun 11, 2024125 m—61 m
Jun 14, 2024120 m—103 m
Jul 8, 2024175 m—81 m
Jul 9, 2024173 m—76 m
Jul 20, 2024167 m—34 m
Jul 25, 2024138 m—120 m
Jul 25, 2024109 m—65 m
Jul 31, 202499 m—83 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, 2024 — seafloor 125 m (measured), deepest dive 107 m (modelled)Jun 6Jun 7, 2024 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Jun 7Jun 11, 2024 — seafloor 125 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Jun 11Jun 14, 2024 — seafloor 120 m (measured), deepest dive 103 m (modelled)Jun 14Jul 8, 2024 — seafloor 175 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Jul 8Jul 9, 2024 — seafloor 173 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Jul 9Jul 20, 2024 — seafloor 167 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Jul 20Jul 25, 2024 — seafloor 138 m (measured), deepest dive 120 m (modelled)Jul 25Jul 25, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Jul 25Jul 31, 2024 — seafloor 99 m (measured), deepest dive 83 m (modelled)Jul 31

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

Dives

120 m
Deepest dive
5:01
Longest dive
124
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
10
Sightings
55
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150120 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (138 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 25, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
138 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 10 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
95 m – 175 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 13.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 10 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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