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Salish Sea

Sandstorm – Residency

11th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Sandstorm
Sandstorm Confirmed in the catalog @24002
Jul 7 – Oct 23, 2022 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jul – Oct 2022

122 m
Deepest dive
4:20
Longest dive
78
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
108

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 7, 2022122 m—30 m
Jul 8, 2022132 m—57 m
Jul 19, 2022141 m—122 m
Jul 22, 2022205 m—22 m
Sep 13, 2022186 m—76 m
Sep 21, 2022104 m—56 m
Oct 23, 2022115 m—104 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 7, 2022 — seafloor 122 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Jul 7Jul 8, 2022 — seafloor 132 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jul 8Jul 19, 2022 — seafloor 141 m (measured), deepest dive 122 m (modelled)Jul 19Jul 22, 2022 — seafloor 205 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Jul 22Sep 13, 2022 — seafloor 186 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Sep 13Sep 21, 2022 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Sep 21Oct 23, 2022 — seafloor 115 m (measured), deepest dive 104 m (modelled)Oct 23

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

Dives

122 m
Deepest dive
4:20
Longest dive
78
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
108
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150122 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (141 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 · Jul 19, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
141 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
104 m – 205 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 9.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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