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Salish Sea

Hale-Bopp – Residency

35th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Hale-Bopp
Hale-Bopp Confirmed in the catalog @22295
Jul 5 – Nov 1, 2020 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jul – Nov 2020

139 m
Deepest dive
4:16
Longest dive
160
Dives
Sightings
11
Days between first and last sighting
119

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 5, 2020149 m10.4°C68 m
Jul 7, 2020162 m10.3°C123 m
Jul 9, 2020181 m10.4°C52 m
Jul 10, 2020155 m10.5°C30 m
Jul 15, 202078 m12.0°C56 m
Aug 23, 2020173 m11.0°C139 m
Aug 23, 2020199 m11.3°C110 m
Oct 14, 2020158 m10.4°C63 m
Oct 17, 202030 m10.4°C26 m
Oct 17, 202091 m10.3°C69 m
Nov 1, 202096 m9.6°C86 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 5, 2020 — seafloor 149 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Jul 5Jul 7, 2020 — seafloor 162 m (measured), deepest dive 123 m (modelled)Jul 7Jul 9, 2020 — seafloor 181 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Jul 9Jul 10, 2020 — seafloor 155 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Jul 10Jul 15, 2020 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jul 15Aug 23, 2020 — seafloor 173 m (measured), deepest dive 139 m (modelled)Aug 23Aug 23, 2020 — seafloor 199 m (measured), deepest dive 110 m (modelled)Aug 23Oct 14, 2020 — seafloor 158 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Oct 14Oct 17, 2020 — seafloor 30 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Oct 17Oct 17, 2020 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Oct 17Nov 1, 2020 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)Nov 1

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

Dives

139 m
Deepest dive
4:16
Longest dive
160
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
11
Sightings
119
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150139 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (173 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 23, 2020

measured
Seafloor depth
173 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.0°C
Distance from shore
11.0 km

Across the residency · 11 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
30 m – 199 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.6°C – 12.0°C
Distance from shore
1.0 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 11 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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