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Salish Sea

Aerie – Residency

36th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Aerie
Aerie Confirmed in the catalog @14386
Jul 24 – Nov 8, 2019 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jul – Nov 2019

126 m
Deepest dive
4:45
Longest dive
244
Dives
Sightings
22
Days between first and last sighting
107

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 24, 2019107 m11.4°C89 m
Jul 27, 2019177 m12.8°C71 m
Jul 28, 2019167 m12.6°C34 m
Jul 29, 2019173 m12.7°C75 m
Aug 1, 201984 m12.7°C37 m
Aug 10, 2019158 m11.5°C82 m
Aug 11, 2019155 m12.2°C62 m
Aug 12, 2019155 m12.3°C64 m
Aug 20, 201938 m12.4°C27 m
Aug 22, 2019107 m12.5°C79 m
Aug 23, 2019143 m12.7°C126 m
Aug 25, 2019161 m12.4°C90 m
Sep 7, 2019126 m12.0°C77 m
Sep 10, 2019107 m11.7°C93 m
Sep 25, 2019179 m12.8°C59 m
Oct 4, 2019107 m10.6°C68 m
Oct 15, 2019155 m10.1°C55 m
Oct 18, 2019101 m9.9°C67 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 24, 2019 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 89 m (modelled)Jul 24Jul 27, 2019 — seafloor 177 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Jul 28, 2019 — seafloor 167 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Jul 29, 2019 — seafloor 173 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Aug 1, 2019 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Aug 1Aug 10, 2019 — seafloor 158 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Aug 11, 2019 — seafloor 155 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Aug 12, 2019 — seafloor 155 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Aug 20, 2019 — seafloor 38 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Aug 20Aug 22, 2019 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Aug 23, 2019 — seafloor 143 m (measured), deepest dive 126 m (modelled)Aug 25, 2019 — seafloor 161 m (measured), deepest dive 90 m (modelled)Sep 7, 2019 — seafloor 126 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Sep 7Sep 10, 2019 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 93 m (modelled)Sep 25, 2019 — seafloor 179 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Oct 4, 2019 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Oct 15, 2019 — seafloor 155 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Oct 15Oct 18, 2019 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Oct 23, 2019 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Nov 2, 2019 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Nov 3, 2019 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Nov 3Nov 8, 2019 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)

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

Dives

126 m
Deepest dive
4:45
Longest dive
244
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
22
Sightings
107
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150126 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (143 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 23, 2019

measured
Seafloor depth
143 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.7°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 22 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
38 m – 179 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.5°C – 12.8°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 13.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 22 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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