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Salish Sea

Wilkinson – Residency

12th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Wilkinson
Wilkinson Confirmed in the catalog @13085
Aug 31 – Sep 20, 2024 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Aug – Sep 2024

119 m
Deepest dive
4:23
Longest dive
52
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
20

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 31, 2024222 m16.8°C119 m
Sep 1, 2024164 m16.8°C107 m
Sep 2, 2024123 m16.5°C113 m
Sep 20, 2024123 m14.0°C51 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 31, 2024 — seafloor 222 m (measured), deepest dive 119 m (modelled)Aug 31Sep 1, 2024 — seafloor 164 m (measured), deepest dive 107 m (modelled)Sep 1Sep 2, 2024 — seafloor 123 m (measured), deepest dive 113 m (modelled)Sep 2Sep 20, 2024 — seafloor 123 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Sep 20

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

Dives

119 m
Deepest dive
4:23
Longest dive
52
Dives
36 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
20
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150119 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (222 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 · Aug 31, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
222 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.8°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
123 m – 222 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.0°C – 16.8°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 4.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 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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