Sam – Residency
14th sighting in Salish Sea
Sam @16927
Aug 3 – Sep 16, 2020 · Salish Sea
Salish Sea · Aug – Sep 2020
164 m
Deepest dive
5:12
Longest dive
68
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 44
- Deepest dive on record
- 164 m · this residency
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2020 | 194 m | — | 164 m |
| Aug 10, 2020 | 81 m | — | 58 m |
| Aug 12, 2020 | 187 m | — | 27 m |
| Aug 27, 2020 | 156 m | — | 100 m |
| Sep 13, 2020 | 262 m | — | 33 m |
| Sep 16, 2020 | 248 m | — | 157 m |
Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled
Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting
Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelledDepth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.
Dives
164 m
Deepest dive
5:12
Longest dive
68
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
44
Days first → last
Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (194 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 3, 2020
measured- Seafloor depth
- 194 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 14.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 81 m – 262 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km – 15.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.