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Salish Sea

2026 calf of Ocean – Residency

3rd sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of 2026 calf of Ocean
2026 calf of Ocean Confirmed in the catalog @162325
Jul 3 – 22, 2026 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jul 2026

165 m
Deepest dive
5:34
Longest dive
27
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
19
Deepest dive on record
165 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 3, 2026180 m13.1°C165 m
Jul 5, 202698 m16.1°C34 m
Jul 22, 2026219 m19.4°C13 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 3, 2026 — seafloor 180 m (measured), deepest dive 165 m (modelled)Jul 3Jul 5, 2026 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Jul 5Jul 22, 2026 — seafloor 219 m (measured), deepest dive 13 m (modelled)Jul 22

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

Dives

165 m
Deepest dive
5:34
Longest dive
27
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
19
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200165 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (180 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 3, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
180 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.1°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
98 m – 219 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.1°C – 19.4°C
Distance from shore
6.0 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 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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