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Salish Sea

Olympus – Residency

5th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Olympus
Olympus Confirmed in the catalog @16946
May 29 – Aug 8, 2021 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · May – Aug 2021

131 m
Deepest dive
4:31
Longest dive
29
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
70

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 29, 2021401 m13.6°C117 m
Jun 12, 2021152 m15.2°C131 m
Aug 8, 2021316 m19.6°C109 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 29, 2021 — seafloor 401 m (measured), deepest dive 117 m (modelled)May 29Jun 12, 2021 — seafloor 152 m (measured), deepest dive 131 m (modelled)Jun 12Aug 8, 2021 — seafloor 316 m (measured), deepest dive 109 m (modelled)Aug 8

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

Dives

131 m
Deepest dive
4:31
Longest dive
29
Dives
34 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
70
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150131 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (152 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 12, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
152 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.2°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
152 m – 401 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.6°C – 19.6°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km – 14.0 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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