Big Kahuna – Residency
7th sighting in Salish Sea
Big Kahuna @24953
Aug 23 – 27, 2020 · Salish Sea
Salish Sea · Aug 2020
131 m
Deepest dive
4:22
Longest dive
55
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 4
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 2020 | 173 m | — | 70 m |
| Aug 24, 2020 | 185 m | — | 131 m |
| Aug 27, 2020 | 18 m | — | 16 m |
Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled
Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting
Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelledDepth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.
Dives
131 m
Deepest dive
4:22
Longest dive
55
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
4
Days first → last
Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (185 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 24, 2020
measured- Seafloor depth
- 185 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 18 m – 185 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 11.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.