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Salish Sea

2026 calf of Ghost – Residency

7th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of 2026 calf of Ghost
2026 calf of Ghost Confirmed in the catalog @160466
Jun 17 – Aug 21, 2026 · Salish Sea

Whole Summer in the Strait

Mom's shadow got me through every single one of these long green days.

109 m
Deepest dive
4:09
Longest dive
65
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
65
Deepest dive on record
109 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 17, 2026138 m16.3°C109 m
Jun 18, 2026161 m15.8°C62 m
Jun 19, 202693 m15.8°C53 m
Jun 20, 202685 m15.8°C64 m
Jun 21, 2026117 m15.8°C51 m
Jul 4, 202663 m13.4°C35 m
Aug 21, 2026208 m15.0°C43 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 17, 2026 — seafloor 138 m (measured), deepest dive 109 m (modelled)Jun 17Jun 18, 2026 — seafloor 161 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Jun 18Jun 19, 2026 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jun 19Jun 20, 2026 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Jun 20Jun 21, 2026 — seafloor 117 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Jun 21Jul 4, 2026 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Jul 4Aug 21, 2026 — seafloor 208 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Aug 21

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

Dives

109 m
Deepest dive
4:09
Longest dive
65
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
65
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150109 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (138 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 · Jun 17, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
138 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.3°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
63 m – 208 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.4°C – 16.3°C
Distance from shore
3.0 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 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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