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Lynn Canal & Stephens Passage

Flame – Residency

283rd sighting in Lynn Canal & Stephens Passage
Fluke of Flame
Flame Confirmed in the catalog @13225
Apr 23 – Sep 13, 2023 · Lynn Canal & Stephens Passage

Summer in the Straits

Another season in my favorite waters, where every inlet feels like coming home.

111 m
Deepest dive
4:32
Longest dive
748
Dives
Sightings
80
Days between first and last sighting
143

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 23, 202341 m4.9°C36 m
May 21, 202361 m8.7°C43 m
May 23, 2023113 m8.5°C70 m
May 24, 202386 m8.6°C64 m
May 25, 202372 m8.6°C39 m
May 28, 202372 m8.4°C22 m
May 29, 202352 m8.1°C48 m
May 30, 202372 m7.7°C43 m
Jun 3, 202372 m8.8°C48 m
Jun 3, 202381 m8.9°C36 m
Jun 4, 202372 m8.2°C55 m
Jun 5, 2023-24 m8.4°C—
Jun 6, 202348 m8.9°C42 m
Jun 14, 202369 m9.9°C59 m
Jun 15, 202349 m9.8°C43 m
Jun 17, 202386 m10.1°C33 m
Jun 19, 202372 m10.4°C44 m
Jun 20, 2023120 m11.1°C108 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 23, 2023 — seafloor 41 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Apr 23May 21, 2023 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)May 23, 2023 — seafloor 113 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)May 24, 2023 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)May 25, 2023 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)May 28, 2023 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)May 29, 2023 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)May 30, 2023 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Jun 3, 2023 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Jun 3, 2023 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Jun 4, 2023 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Jun 5, 2023 — seafloor -24 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 6, 2023 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Jun 14, 2023 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Jun 15, 2023 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Jun 15Jun 17, 2023 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Jun 19, 2023 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Jun 20, 2023 — seafloor 120 m (measured), deepest dive 108 m (modelled)Jun 21, 2023 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Jun 24, 2023 — seafloor 90 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Jun 24, 2023 — seafloor 128 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Jun 26, 2023 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Jun 26, 2023 — seafloor 617 m (measured), deepest dive 104 m (modelled)Jun 29, 2023 — seafloor 103 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jun 30, 2023 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 84 m (modelled)Jul 2, 2023 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Jul 2, 2023 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Jul 3, 2023 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jul 4, 2023 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Jul 4Jul 5, 2023 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Jul 6, 2023 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Jul 8, 2023 — seafloor 137 m (measured), deepest dive 111 m (modelled)Jul 9, 2023 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Jul 12, 2023 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Jul 13, 2023 — seafloor 136 m (measured), deepest dive 100 m (modelled)Jul 13, 2023 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Jul 14, 2023 — seafloor 99 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Jul 15, 2023 — seafloor 99 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Jul 16, 2023 — seafloor 116 m (measured), deepest dive 103 m (modelled)Jul 19, 2023 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Jul 20, 2023 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jul 20, 2023 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Jul 21, 2023 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Jul 21Jul 22, 2023 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Jul 23, 2023 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Jul 24, 2023 — seafloor 120 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Jul 25, 2023 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Jul 26, 2023 — seafloor 122 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jul 27, 2023 — seafloor 119 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Jul 28, 2023 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Jul 29, 2023 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jul 29, 2023 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Jul 30, 2023 — seafloor 137 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Jul 31, 2023 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Aug 1, 2023 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Aug 5, 2023 — seafloor -15 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 5, 2023 — seafloor 103 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Aug 5Aug 6, 2023 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Aug 7, 2023 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Aug 8, 2023 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Aug 10, 2023 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Aug 11, 2023 — seafloor 119 m (measured), deepest dive 108 m (modelled)Aug 11, 2023 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Aug 13, 2023 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Aug 15, 2023 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Aug 18, 2023 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Aug 19, 2023 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Aug 21, 2023 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Aug 22, 2023 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Aug 23, 2023 — seafloor 100 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Aug 26, 2023 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Aug 26Aug 27, 2023 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Aug 28, 2023 — seafloor 187 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Sep 3, 2023 — seafloor 106 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Sep 6, 2023 — seafloor 140 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Sep 7, 2023 — seafloor 40 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Sep 8, 2023 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Sep 10, 2023 — seafloor 127 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Sep 12, 2023 — seafloor 179 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Sep 13, 2023 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)

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

Dives

111 m
Deepest dive
4:32
Longest dive
748
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
80
Sightings
143
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150111 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (137 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 8, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
137 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.6°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 80 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-24 m – 617 m
Sea-surface temperature
4.9°C – 15.6°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 3.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 80 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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