Vulcan – Residency
11th sighting in Salish Sea
Vulcan @13704
Aug 23 – 25, 2020 · Salish Sea
Salish Sea · Aug 2020
128 m
Deepest dive
5:15
Longest dive
51
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 2
- Deepest dive on record
- 128 m · this residency
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 2020 | 173 m | — | 72 m |
| Aug 23, 2020 | 198 m | — | 55 m |
| Aug 23, 2020 | 196 m | — | 85 m |
| Aug 25, 2020 | 189 m | — | 128 m |
Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled
Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting
Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelledDepth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.
Dives
128 m
Deepest dive
5:15
Longest dive
51
Dives
32 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
2
Days first → last
Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (189 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 25, 2020
measured- Seafloor depth
- 189 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 10.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 173 m – 198 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 7.0 km – 11.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.