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Salish Sea

Hale-Bopp – Residency

24th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Hale-Bopp
Hale-Bopp Confirmed in the catalog @22295
Aug 11 – Nov 12, 2019 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Aug – Nov 2019

134 m
Deepest dive
5:13
Longest dive
238
Dives
Sightings
18
Days between first and last sighting
93

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 11, 2019179 m12.4°C109 m
Aug 12, 2019155 m12.3°C134 m
Aug 25, 2019180 m12.1°C71 m
Sep 4, 2019162 m11.6°C95 m
Oct 1, 2019107 m11.0°C38 m
Oct 2, 2019107 m10.8°C89 m
Oct 3, 2019107 m10.6°C56 m
Oct 4, 201993 m10.5°C67 m
Oct 5, 201944 m10.9°C30 m
Oct 6, 2019107 m10.8°C84 m
Oct 19, 2019139 m9.6°C122 m
Oct 20, 2019109 m9.5°C43 m
Oct 26, 201989 m9.7°C75 m
Oct 30, 201980 m9.9°C46 m
Oct 31, 201975 m9.7°C52 m
Nov 2, 201981 m9.7°C49 m
Nov 3, 201945 m9.6°C31 m
Nov 12, 2019113 m9.3°C44 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 11, 2019 — seafloor 179 m (measured), deepest dive 109 m (modelled)Aug 11Aug 12, 2019 — seafloor 155 m (measured), deepest dive 134 m (modelled)Aug 25, 2019 — seafloor 180 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Sep 4, 2019 — seafloor 162 m (measured), deepest dive 95 m (modelled)Sep 4Oct 1, 2019 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Oct 2, 2019 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 89 m (modelled)Oct 3, 2019 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Oct 3Oct 4, 2019 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Oct 5, 2019 — seafloor 44 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Oct 6, 2019 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 84 m (modelled)Oct 6Oct 19, 2019 — seafloor 139 m (measured), deepest dive 122 m (modelled)Oct 20, 2019 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Oct 26, 2019 — seafloor 89 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Oct 26Oct 30, 2019 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Oct 31, 2019 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Nov 2, 2019 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Nov 2Nov 3, 2019 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Nov 12, 2019 — seafloor 113 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)

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

Dives

134 m
Deepest dive
5:13
Longest dive
238
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
18
Sightings
93
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150134 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (155 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 · Aug 12, 2019

measured
Seafloor depth
155 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.3°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 18 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
44 m – 180 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.3°C – 12.4°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 18 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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