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Salish Sea

Vivaldi – Residency

36th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Vivaldi
Vivaldi Confirmed in the catalog @12922
Sep 1 – Dec 13, 2025 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Sep – Dec 2025

113 m
Deepest dive
4:05
Longest dive
72
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
103

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 1, 2025164 m15.9°C75 m
Sep 17, 202585 m13.4°C61 m
Nov 28, 202577 m10.1°C53 m
Dec 9, 2025146 m9.8°C113 m
Dec 13, 202574 m10.7°C39 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 1, 2025 — seafloor 164 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Sep 1Sep 17, 2025 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Sep 17Nov 28, 2025 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Nov 28Dec 9, 2025 — seafloor 146 m (measured), deepest dive 113 m (modelled)Dec 9Dec 13, 2025 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Dec 13

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

Dives

113 m
Deepest dive
4:05
Longest dive
72
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
103
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150113 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (146 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 · Dec 9, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
146 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.8°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
74 m – 164 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.8°C – 15.9°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 10.0 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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