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Salish Sea

CRC-23115 – Residency

15th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of CRC-23115
CRC-23115 Confirmed in the catalog @147707
Jul 13 – Oct 4, 2026 · Salish Sea

This Channel, Every Summer

Twice this stretch, both times exactly where I like to be.

110 m
Deepest dive
3:21
Longest dive
65
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
83

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 13, 2026127 m14.4°C54 m
Jul 14, 2026196 m15.3°C110 m
Sep 21, 202693 m—81 m
Sep 26, 202658 m—44 m
Sep 27, 202612 m—10 m
Sep 30, 202661 m—39 m
Oct 4, 2026130 m—65 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 13, 2026 — seafloor 127 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Jul 13Jul 14, 2026 — seafloor 196 m (measured), deepest dive 110 m (modelled)Jul 14Sep 21, 2026 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Sep 21Sep 26, 2026 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Sep 26Sep 27, 2026 — seafloor 12 m (measured), deepest dive 10 m (modelled)Sep 27Sep 30, 2026 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Sep 30Oct 4, 2026 — seafloor 130 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Oct 4

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

Dives

110 m
Deepest dive
3:21
Longest dive
65
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
83
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150110 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (196 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 14, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
196 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.3°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
12 m – 196 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.4°C – 15.3°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 7.0 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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