Olympus – Residency
16th sighting in Salish Sea
Olympus @16946
Jul 5 – Aug 26, 2023 · Salish Sea
Salish Sea · Jul – Aug 2023
271 m
Deepest dive
8:42
Longest dive
65
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 52
- Deepest dive on record
- 271 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 2023 | 399 m | 17.9°C | 194 m |
| Jul 27, 2023 | 399 m | 18.9°C | 25 m |
| Aug 15, 2023 | 399 m | 20.6°C | 64 m |
| Aug 26, 2023 | 399 m | 17.0°C | 271 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
271 m
Deepest dive
8:42
Longest dive
65
Dives
38 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
52
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 (399 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 26, 2023
measured- Seafloor depth
- 399 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 17.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 8.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 399 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 17.0°C – 20.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 8.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.