Oracle – Residency
42nd sighting in Salish SeaOracle @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
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 2023 | 90 m | 10.7°C | 75 m |
| Jun 27, 2023 | 131 m | 11.0°C | 76 m |
| Jun 28, 2023 | 108 m | 11.4°C | 70 m |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 144 m | 10.9°C | 112 m |
| Jul 5, 2023 | 174 m | 11.4°C | 47 m |
| Jul 10, 2023 | 109 m | 11.6°C | 61 m |
| Jul 20, 2023 | 162 m | 11.7°C | 74 m |
| Jul 20, 2023 | 107 m | 11.7°C | 82 m |
| Jul 22, 2023 | 126 m | 12.0°C | 107 m |
| Jul 25, 2023 | 105 m | 12.3°C | 91 m |
| Jul 26, 2023 | 104 m | 12.1°C | 64 m |
| Oct 1, 2023 | 43 m | 10.6°C | 39 m |
| Oct 1, 2023 | 55 m | 10.6°C | 34 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
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
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (144 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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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
Source records
This activity is assembled from 13 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.