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Salish Sea

Vertigo – Residency

24th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Vertigo
Vertigo Confirmed in the catalog @14390
Jul 24 – Sep 15, 2023 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jul – Sep 2023

75 m
Deepest dive
2:53
Longest dive
65
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
53

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 24, 2023128 m12.3°C73 m
Jul 26, 202388 m12.2°C75 m
Jul 26, 202391 m12.3°C60 m
Jul 26, 202379 m12.2°C59 m
Jul 27, 2023167 m12.2°C37 m
Sep 2, 2023142 m11.4°C70 m
Sep 15, 2023223 m12.6°C58 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, 2023 — seafloor 128 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Jul 24Jul 26, 2023 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Jul 26Jul 26, 2023 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Jul 26Jul 26, 2023 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Jul 26Jul 27, 2023 — seafloor 167 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Jul 27Sep 2, 2023 — seafloor 142 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Sep 2Sep 15, 2023 — seafloor 223 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Sep 15

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

Dives

75 m
Deepest dive
2:53
Longest dive
65
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
53
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010075 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (88 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 · Jul 26, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
88 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.2°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
79 m – 223 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.4°C – 12.6°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 11.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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