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Salish Sea

Whiplash – Residency

5th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Whiplash
Whiplash Confirmed in the catalog @22537
Aug 18 – Sep 25, 2022 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Aug – Sep 2022

113 m
Deepest dive
5:50
Longest dive
24
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
38

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 18, 2022150 m—97 m
Sep 16, 2022172 m—113 m
Sep 25, 2022341 m—19 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 18, 2022 — seafloor 150 m (measured), deepest dive 97 m (modelled)Aug 18Sep 16, 2022 — seafloor 172 m (measured), deepest dive 113 m (modelled)Sep 16Sep 25, 2022 — seafloor 341 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Sep 25

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

Dives

113 m
Deepest dive
5:50
Longest dive
24
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
38
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150113 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (172 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 16, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
172 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
10.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
150 m – 341 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 10.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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