Oracle – Residency
16th sighting in Salish Sea
Oracle @22389
Jul 5 – Sep 8, 2020 · Salish Sea
Salish Sea · Jul – Sep 2020
172 m
Deepest dive
4:57
Longest dive
46
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 65
- Deepest dive on record
- 172 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, 2020 | 149 m | 10.4°C | 54 m |
| Jul 15, 2020 | 78 m | 12.0°C | 57 m |
| Aug 23, 2020 | 173 m | 11.0°C | 67 m |
| Aug 25, 2020 | 189 m | 12.0°C | 172 m |
| Sep 6, 2020 | 171 m | 11.4°C | 42 m |
| Sep 8, 2020 | 155 m | 11.7°C | 30 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
172 m
Deepest dive
4:57
Longest dive
46
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
65
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 (189 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 25, 2020
measured- Seafloor depth
- 189 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 10.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 78 m – 189 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 10.4°C – 12.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km – 11.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.