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Salish Sea

142578 – Residency

2nd sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of 142578
142578 Confirmed in the catalog @142578
Jul 19 – 30, 2026 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jul 2026

90 m
Deepest dive
3:21
Longest dive
14
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
11
Deepest dive on record
90 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 19, 202643 m14.1°C33 m
Jul 30, 2026160 m14.6°C90 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 19, 2026 — seafloor 43 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Jul 19Jul 30, 2026 — seafloor 160 m (measured), deepest dive 90 m (modelled)Jul 30

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

Dives

90 m
Deepest dive
3:21
Longest dive
14
Dives
33 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
11
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010090 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (160 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 30, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
160 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.6°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
43 m – 160 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.1°C – 14.6°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 2 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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