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Salish Sea

Oracle – Residency

10th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Oracle
Oracle Confirmed in the catalog @22389
Jul 24 – Sep 18, 2019 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jul – Sep 2019

88 m
Deepest dive
5:12
Longest dive
73
Dives
Sightings
9
Days between first and last sighting
56

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 24, 2019166 m11.1°C—
Jul 30, 2019139 m12.4°C—
Aug 1, 201984 m12.7°C—
Aug 12, 2019155 m12.3°C88 m
Aug 13, 2019161 m12.2°C86 m
Aug 23, 201997 m12.4°C66 m
Sep 10, 201952 m13.0°C36 m
Sep 17, 2019107 m10.8°C87 m
Sep 18, 2019188 m12.0°C75 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 24, 2019 — seafloor 166 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 24Jul 30, 2019 — seafloor 139 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 30Aug 1, 2019 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 1Aug 12, 2019 — seafloor 155 m (measured), deepest dive 88 m (modelled)Aug 12Aug 13, 2019 — seafloor 161 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)Aug 13Aug 23, 2019 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Aug 23Sep 10, 2019 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Sep 10Sep 17, 2019 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Sep 17Sep 18, 2019 — seafloor 188 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Sep 18

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

Dives

88 m
Deepest dive
5:12
Longest dive
73
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
56
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010088 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 · 9 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
52 m – 188 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.8°C – 13.0°C
Distance from shore
2.0 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 9 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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