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Salish Sea

Vertigo – Residency

17th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Vertigo
Vertigo Confirmed in the catalog @14390
Aug 10 – Sep 24, 2022 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Aug – Sep 2022

69 m
Deepest dive
3:12
Longest dive
82
Dives
Sightings
9
Days between first and last sighting
45

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 10, 2022151 m13.1°C66 m
Aug 15, 2022139 m11.2°C18 m
Aug 16, 202292 m13.0°C47 m
Aug 18, 2022143 m12.2°C60 m
Aug 20, 2022108 m12.4°C69 m
Sep 17, 202267 m11.4°C42 m
Sep 24, 2022101 m11.7°C61 m
Sep 24, 2022110 m11.9°C60 m
Sep 24, 202293 m12.1°C60 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 10, 2022 — seafloor 151 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Aug 10Aug 15, 2022 — seafloor 139 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Aug 15Aug 16, 2022 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Aug 16Aug 18, 2022 — seafloor 143 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Aug 18Aug 20, 2022 — seafloor 108 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Aug 20Sep 17, 2022 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Sep 17Sep 24, 2022 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Sep 24Sep 24, 2022 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Sep 24Sep 24, 2022 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Sep 24

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

Dives

69 m
Deepest dive
3:12
Longest dive
82
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
45
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010069 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (108 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 20, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
108 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.4°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 9 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
67 m – 151 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.2°C – 13.1°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 12.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 9 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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