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Salish Sea

Minion – Residency

8th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Minion
Minion Confirmed in the catalog @24075
Jul 28 – Aug 18, 2024 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jul – Aug 2024

96 m
Deepest dive
2:59
Longest dive
18
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
21

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 28, 2024154 m11.2°C65 m
Aug 18, 2024119 m12.3°C96 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 28, 2024 — seafloor 154 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Jul 28Aug 18, 2024 — seafloor 119 m (measured), deepest dive 96 m (modelled)Aug 18

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

Dives

96 m
Deepest dive
2:59
Longest dive
18
Dives
31 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
21
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010096 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (119 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 · Aug 18, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
119 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.3°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
119 m – 154 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.2°C – 12.3°C
Distance from shore
5.0 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 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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