Activity map — real sighting points on an OpenStreetMap basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors
Salish Sea

Scuttle – Residency

88th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Scuttle
Scuttle Confirmed in the catalog @22538
May 17 – Oct 9, 2023 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · May – Oct 2023

129 m
Deepest dive
4:56
Longest dive
390
Dives
Sightings
35
Days between first and last sighting
145

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →
SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 17, 2023157 m11.1°C129 m
May 19, 202369 m—61 m
May 26, 202388 m10.7°C47 m
Jun 12, 2023126 m10.9°C55 m
Jun 21, 202390 m10.7°C43 m
Jun 23, 2023123 m10.8°C69 m
Jun 26, 2023126 m10.9°C88 m
Jul 15, 2023144 m12.0°C82 m
Jul 29, 202387 m12.3°C78 m
Jul 30, 2023110 m11.9°C49 m
Aug 5, 2023112 m12.3°C98 m
Aug 6, 2023110 m12.3°C54 m
Aug 6, 202397 m12.3°C62 m
Aug 9, 2023124 m11.9°C108 m
Aug 10, 202398 m12.1°C39 m
Aug 10, 202395 m12.3°C76 m
Aug 11, 2023150 m12.3°C103 m
Aug 12, 202388 m12.5°C37 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

Activity map — real sighting points on an OpenStreetMap basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors

Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 17, 2023 — seafloor 157 m (measured), deepest dive 129 m (modelled)May 17May 19, 2023 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)May 26, 2023 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jun 12, 2023 — seafloor 126 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Jun 21, 2023 — seafloor 90 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Jun 23, 2023 — seafloor 123 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Jun 26, 2023 — seafloor 126 m (measured), deepest dive 88 m (modelled)Jun 26Jul 15, 2023 — seafloor 144 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Jul 29, 2023 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Jul 30, 2023 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Aug 5, 2023 — seafloor 112 m (measured), deepest dive 98 m (modelled)Aug 6, 2023 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Aug 6, 2023 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Aug 6Aug 9, 2023 — seafloor 124 m (measured), deepest dive 108 m (modelled)Aug 10, 2023 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Aug 10, 2023 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Aug 11, 2023 — seafloor 150 m (measured), deepest dive 103 m (modelled)Aug 12, 2023 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Aug 13, 2023 — seafloor 99 m (measured), deepest dive 91 m (modelled)Aug 13Aug 15, 2023 — seafloor 129 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Aug 21, 2023 — seafloor 120 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Aug 21, 2023 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 96 m (modelled)Aug 21, 2023 — seafloor 120 m (measured), deepest dive 84 m (modelled)Aug 27, 2023 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Aug 30, 2023 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Aug 30Sep 4, 2023 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Sep 4, 2023 — seafloor 131 m (measured), deepest dive 97 m (modelled)Sep 6, 2023 — seafloor 36 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Sep 7, 2023 — seafloor 117 m (measured), deepest dive 98 m (modelled)Sep 11, 2023 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Sep 11, 2023 — seafloor 144 m (measured), deepest dive 100 m (modelled)Sep 11Sep 11, 2023 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Sep 15, 2023 — seafloor 37 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Oct 9, 2023 — seafloor 7 m (measured), deepest dive 6 m (modelled)Oct 9, 2023 — seafloor 50 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)

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

Dives

129 m
Deepest dive
4:56
Longest dive
390
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
35
Sightings
145
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →

Dive profile

modelled
075150129 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (157 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.

Unlock with Risa Deep

Place

Where this happened · May 17, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
157 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.1°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 35 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
7 m – 157 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.7°C – 13.7°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 13.0 km

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

Activity map — real sighting points on an OpenStreetMap basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors

Source records

This activity is assembled from 35 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.

The photographs and fluke identifications behind every sighting are the work of the contributing observers — the citizen scientists, naturalists and operators who logged them, each named in the underlying GBIF occurrence record. Every activity links out to its source encounters on Happywhale. Basemaps © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Happywhale runs on donations: support Happywhale →

Breach is an independent project. It is not affiliated with, nor endorsed by, Happywhale or GBIF.