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Salish Sea

Vivaldi – Residency

41st sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Vivaldi
Vivaldi Confirmed in the catalog @12922
Jun 12 – Jul 31, 2026 · Salish Sea

Home Water, Full Summer

These kelp edges raised three calves of mine, and still feed me well.

126 m
Deepest dive
3:49
Longest dive
67
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
49

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 12, 202683 m11.5°C66 m
Jun 14, 2026168 m11.7°C86 m
Jul 15, 2026301 m15.8°C38 m
Jul 30, 2026155 m15.8°C57 m
Jul 31, 2026206 m15.8°C126 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 12, 2026 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Jun 12Jun 14, 2026 — seafloor 168 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)Jun 14Jul 15, 2026 — seafloor 301 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Jul 15Jul 30, 2026 — seafloor 155 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jul 30Jul 31, 2026 — seafloor 206 m (measured), deepest dive 126 m (modelled)Jul 31

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

Dives

126 m
Deepest dive
3:49
Longest dive
67
Dives
30 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
49
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150126 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (206 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 31, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
206 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.8°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
83 m – 301 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.5°C – 15.8°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 12.0 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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