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Salish Sea

Aerie – Residency

58th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Aerie
Aerie Confirmed in the catalog @14386
Sep 10 – Nov 26, 2023 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Sep – Nov 2023

128 m
Deepest dive
6:01
Longest dive
93
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
76

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 10, 202384 m11.8°C65 m
Sep 14, 2023113 m11.7°C54 m
Sep 16, 2023101 m12.3°C34 m
Oct 1, 202343 m10.6°C32 m
Oct 8, 2023155 m11.4°C128 m
Oct 20, 2023122 m11.1°C38 m
Oct 20, 202380 m11.7°C47 m
Nov 26, 2023172 m9.8°C79 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Sep 10, 2023 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Sep 10Sep 14, 2023 — seafloor 113 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Sep 14Sep 16, 2023 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Sep 16Oct 1, 2023 — seafloor 43 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Oct 1Oct 8, 2023 — seafloor 155 m (measured), deepest dive 128 m (modelled)Oct 8Oct 20, 2023 — seafloor 122 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Oct 20Oct 20, 2023 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Oct 20Nov 26, 2023 — seafloor 172 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Nov 26

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

Dives

128 m
Deepest dive
6:01
Longest dive
93
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
76
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150128 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (155 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 8, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
155 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.4°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
43 m – 172 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.8°C – 12.3°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 10.0 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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