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Salish Sea

Vivaldi – Residency

27th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Vivaldi
Vivaldi Confirmed in the catalog @12922
Sep 16 – Nov 20, 2021 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Sep – Nov 2021

61 m
Deepest dive
2:44
Longest dive
50
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
65

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 16, 2021114 m10.3°C57 m
Oct 4, 2021174 m10.2°C61 m
Oct 10, 2021225 m10.6°C60 m
Oct 31, 2021142 m10.6°C26 m
Nov 20, 202164 m9.4°C30 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Sep 16, 2021 — seafloor 114 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Sep 16Oct 4, 2021 — seafloor 174 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Oct 4Oct 10, 2021 — seafloor 225 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Oct 10Oct 31, 2021 — seafloor 142 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Oct 31Nov 20, 2021 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Nov 20

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

Dives

61 m
Deepest dive
2:44
Longest dive
50
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
65
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010061 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (174 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 · Oct 4, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
174 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.2°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
64 m – 225 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.4°C – 10.6°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 9.0 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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