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Salish Sea

Ki’lala – Residency

10th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Ki’lala
Ki’lala Confirmed in the catalog @125576
Jul 7 – 31, 2026 · Salish Sea

Herring Pass, July Rounds

Cedar-scented water, herring thick, and me right in the middle of it.

72 m
Deepest dive
2:53
Longest dive
75
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
24

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 7, 2026108 m16.6°C19 m
Jul 22, 2026167 m18.7°C72 m
Jul 23, 2026172 m18.4°C57 m
Jul 30, 202680 m14.7°C70 m
Jul 31, 202625 m14.4°C22 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 7, 2026 — seafloor 108 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Jul 7Jul 22, 2026 — seafloor 167 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Jul 22Jul 23, 2026 — seafloor 172 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jul 23Jul 30, 2026 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Jul 30Jul 31, 2026 — seafloor 25 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Jul 31

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

Dives

72 m
Deepest dive
2:53
Longest dive
75
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
24
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010072 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (167 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 22, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
167 m
Sea-surface temperature
18.7°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
25 m – 172 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.4°C – 18.7°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 6.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 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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