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Salish Sea

Oracle – Residency

42nd sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Oracle
Oracle Confirmed in the catalog @22389
Jun 21 – Oct 1, 2023 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jun – Oct 2023

112 m
Deepest dive
4:06
Longest dive
181
Dives
Sightings
13
Days between first and last sighting
102

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 21, 202390 m10.7°C75 m
Jun 27, 2023131 m11.0°C76 m
Jun 28, 2023108 m11.4°C70 m
Jun 30, 2023144 m10.9°C112 m
Jul 5, 2023174 m11.4°C47 m
Jul 10, 2023109 m11.6°C61 m
Jul 20, 2023162 m11.7°C74 m
Jul 20, 2023107 m11.7°C82 m
Jul 22, 2023126 m12.0°C107 m
Jul 25, 2023105 m12.3°C91 m
Jul 26, 2023104 m12.1°C64 m
Oct 1, 202343 m10.6°C39 m
Oct 1, 202355 m10.6°C34 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 21, 2023 — seafloor 90 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Jun 21Jun 27, 2023 — seafloor 131 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Jun 28, 2023 — seafloor 108 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Jun 30, 2023 — seafloor 144 m (measured), deepest dive 112 m (modelled)Jun 30Jul 5, 2023 — seafloor 174 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jul 10, 2023 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Jul 20, 2023 — seafloor 162 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Jul 20Jul 20, 2023 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Jul 22, 2023 — seafloor 126 m (measured), deepest dive 107 m (modelled)Jul 25, 2023 — seafloor 105 m (measured), deepest dive 91 m (modelled)Jul 25Jul 26, 2023 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Oct 1, 2023 — seafloor 43 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Oct 1, 2023 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Oct 1

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

Dives

112 m
Deepest dive
4:06
Longest dive
181
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
13
Sightings
102
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150112 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (144 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 · Jun 30, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
144 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.9°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 13 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
43 m – 174 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.6°C – 12.3°C
Distance from shore
4.0 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 13 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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