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Salish Sea

Shell – Residency

11th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Shell
Shell Confirmed in the catalog @25284
Jun 13 – Nov 2, 2019 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jun – Nov 2019

87 m
Deepest dive
3:48
Longest dive
34
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
142

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 13, 201933 m——
Jul 5, 201955 m——
Jul 10, 201929 m——
Jul 27, 201972 m——
Aug 9, 201933 m—28 m
Nov 1, 2019101 m—87 m
Nov 2, 201975 m—54 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 13, 2019 — seafloor 33 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 13Jul 5, 2019 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 5Jul 10, 2019 — seafloor 29 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 10Jul 27, 2019 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 27Aug 9, 2019 — seafloor 33 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Aug 9Nov 1, 2019 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Nov 1Nov 2, 2019 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Nov 2

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

Dives

87 m
Deepest dive
3:48
Longest dive
34
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
142
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010087 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (101 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 · Nov 1, 2019

measured
Seafloor depth
101 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
29 m – 101 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 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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