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Salish Sea

Skipper – Residency

17th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Skipper
Skipper Confirmed in the catalog @140468
Jun 1 – Dec 6, 2025 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jun – Dec 2025

211 m
Deepest dive
6:44
Longest dive
166
Dives
Sightings
17
Days between first and last sighting
188
Deepest dive on record
211 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 1, 202589 m—36 m
Jun 2, 2025142 m—80 m
Jun 3, 2025158 m—70 m
Jun 7, 2025129 m—108 m
Jun 7, 2025152 m—94 m
Jun 14, 2025139 m—65 m
Jun 17, 2025143 m—25 m
Jun 19, 2025140 m—64 m
Jun 21, 2025128 m—18 m
Jun 21, 2025141 m—67 m
Jun 29, 2025101 m—85 m
Jun 29, 2025128 m—50 m
Jun 30, 2025100 m—75 m
Jul 11, 2025142 m—23 m
Aug 3, 2025328 m—211 m
Oct 20, 2025237 m—132 m
Dec 6, 2025164 m—83 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 1, 2025 — seafloor 89 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Jun 1Jun 2, 2025 — seafloor 142 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Jun 3, 2025 — seafloor 158 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Jun 7, 2025 — seafloor 129 m (measured), deepest dive 108 m (modelled)Jun 7Jun 7, 2025 — seafloor 152 m (measured), deepest dive 94 m (modelled)Jun 14, 2025 — seafloor 139 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Jun 17, 2025 — seafloor 143 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Jun 17Jun 19, 2025 — seafloor 140 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Jun 21, 2025 — seafloor 128 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Jun 21, 2025 — seafloor 141 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Jun 21Jun 29, 2025 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Jun 29, 2025 — seafloor 128 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Jun 30, 2025 — seafloor 100 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Jun 30Jul 11, 2025 — seafloor 142 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Aug 3, 2025 — seafloor 328 m (measured), deepest dive 211 m (modelled)Oct 20, 2025 — seafloor 237 m (measured), deepest dive 132 m (modelled)Oct 20Dec 6, 2025 — seafloor 164 m (measured), deepest dive 83 m (modelled)

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

Dives

211 m
Deepest dive
6:44
Longest dive
166
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
17
Sightings
188
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250211 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (328 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 3, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
328 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
12.0 km

Across the residency · 17 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
89 m – 328 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 13.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 17 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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