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Salish Sea

Oracle – Residency

59th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Oracle
Oracle Confirmed in the catalog @22389
Jun 17 – Oct 11, 2026 · Salish Sea

Green Channels, Full Season

Mid-summer in these passes, and every current still knows me.

122 m
Deepest dive
4:16
Longest dive
76
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
116

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 17, 2026154 m15.6°C85 m
Jun 22, 2026160 m16.3°C58 m
Jul 24, 2026181 m16.9°C70 m
Sep 4, 2026195 m15.2°C122 m
Oct 11, 2026158 m10.2°C103 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 17, 2026 — seafloor 154 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Jun 17Jun 22, 2026 — seafloor 160 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Jun 22Jul 24, 2026 — seafloor 181 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Jul 24Sep 4, 2026 — seafloor 195 m (measured), deepest dive 122 m (modelled)Sep 4Oct 11, 2026 — seafloor 158 m (measured), deepest dive 103 m (modelled)Oct 11

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

Dives

122 m
Deepest dive
4:16
Longest dive
76
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
116
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150122 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (195 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 · Sep 4, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
195 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.2°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
154 m – 195 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.2°C – 16.9°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km – 9.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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