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Salish Sea

Minion – Residency

9th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Minion
Minion Confirmed in the catalog @24075
Aug 3, 2025 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Aug 2025

134 m
Deepest dive
3:39
Longest dive
6
Dives
Sightings
1
Days between first and last sighting
Same day
Deepest dive on record
134 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 3, 2025161 m17.3°C134 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 3, 2025 — seafloor 161 m (measured), deepest dive 134 m (modelled)Aug 3

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

Dives

134 m
Deepest dive
3:39
Longest dive
6
Dives
43 m
Avg dive depth
1
Sightings
Same day
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150134 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (161 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 3, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
161 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.3°C
Distance from shore
11.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 1 catalogued encounter on Happywhale.

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