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Salish Sea

Vertigo – Residency

8th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Vertigo
Vertigo Confirmed in the catalog @14390
Aug 27 – Sep 1, 2021 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Aug – Sep 2021

92 m
Deepest dive
3:05
Longest dive
26
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
5

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 27, 2021173 m11.2°C92 m
Aug 30, 2021130 m11.6°C73 m
Sep 1, 2021150 m11.4°C30 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 27, 2021 — seafloor 173 m (measured), deepest dive 92 m (modelled)Aug 27Aug 30, 2021 — seafloor 130 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Aug 30Sep 1, 2021 — seafloor 150 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Sep 1

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

Dives

92 m
Deepest dive
3:05
Longest dive
26
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
5
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010092 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (173 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 27, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
173 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.2°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
130 m – 173 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.2°C – 11.6°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 9.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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