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Salish Sea

Fader – Residency

16th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Fader
Fader Confirmed in the catalog @14967
Jun 12 – Sep 19, 2021 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jun – Sep 2021

130 m
Deepest dive
5:42
Longest dive
79
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
99

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 12, 202185 m14.9°C52 m
Jun 17, 2021166 m17.1°C84 m
Aug 10, 2021152 m19.1°C109 m
Aug 20, 2021357 m18.6°C126 m
Sep 7, 2021179 m16.5°C130 m
Sep 19, 2021143 m13.6°C38 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 12, 2021 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Jun 12Jun 17, 2021 — seafloor 166 m (measured), deepest dive 84 m (modelled)Jun 17Aug 10, 2021 — seafloor 152 m (measured), deepest dive 109 m (modelled)Aug 10Aug 20, 2021 — seafloor 357 m (measured), deepest dive 126 m (modelled)Aug 20Sep 7, 2021 — seafloor 179 m (measured), deepest dive 130 m (modelled)Sep 7Sep 19, 2021 — seafloor 143 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Sep 19

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

Dives

130 m
Deepest dive
5:42
Longest dive
79
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
99
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150130 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (179 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 · Sep 7, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
179 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.5°C
Distance from shore
13.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
85 m – 357 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.6°C – 19.1°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 13.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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