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Salish Sea

Scratchy – Residency

116th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Scratchy
Scratchy Confirmed in the catalog @14382
Jul 5 – Oct 1, 2026 · Salish Sea

Herring-Silver July

Whole month here, whole belly, whole reason I don't leave.

134 m
Deepest dive
4:16
Longest dive
102
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
88

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 5, 202663 m16.0°C55 m
Jul 6, 202616 m16.7°C15 m
Jul 8, 2026153 m16.9°C103 m
Jul 12, 202699 m14.2°C52 m
Jul 17, 2026202 m14.9°C62 m
Jul 20, 2026194 m15.8°C88 m
Sep 11, 2026203 m15.7°C77 m
Oct 1, 2026259 m14.0°C134 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 5, 2026 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Jul 5Jul 6, 2026 — seafloor 16 m (measured), deepest dive 15 m (modelled)Jul 6Jul 8, 2026 — seafloor 153 m (measured), deepest dive 103 m (modelled)Jul 8Jul 12, 2026 — seafloor 99 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Jul 12Jul 17, 2026 — seafloor 202 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Jul 17Jul 20, 2026 — seafloor 194 m (measured), deepest dive 88 m (modelled)Jul 20Sep 11, 2026 — seafloor 203 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Sep 11Oct 1, 2026 — seafloor 259 m (measured), deepest dive 134 m (modelled)Oct 1

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

Dives

134 m
Deepest dive
4:16
Longest dive
102
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
88
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150134 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (259 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 · Oct 1, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
259 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.0°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
16 m – 259 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.0°C – 16.9°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 8.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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