Vanta – Residency
21st sighting in Salish Sea
Vanta @22317
Jul 15 – Aug 26, 2020 · Salish Sea
Salish Sea · Jul – Aug 2020
138 m
Deepest dive
5:03
Longest dive
28
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 42
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2020 | 204 m | 12.1°C | 110 m |
| Jul 16, 2020 | 78 m | 11.9°C | 59 m |
| Aug 23, 2020 | 173 m | 11.0°C | 138 m |
| Aug 26, 2020 | 17 m | 14.9°C | 15 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
138 m
Deepest dive
5:03
Longest dive
28
Dives
31 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
42
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 (173 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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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 · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 17 m – 204 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.0°C – 14.9°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 11.0 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.