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Salish Sea

Shell – Residency

13th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Shell
Shell Confirmed in the catalog @25284
Sep 13 – Oct 14, 2022 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Sep – Oct 2022

146 m
Deepest dive
5:31
Longest dive
19
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
31
Deepest dive on record
146 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 13, 2022148 m—42 m
Oct 14, 2022163 m—146 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Sep 13, 2022 — seafloor 148 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Sep 13Oct 14, 2022 — seafloor 163 m (measured), deepest dive 146 m (modelled)Oct 14

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

Dives

146 m
Deepest dive
5:31
Longest dive
19
Dives
31 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
31
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150146 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (163 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 · Oct 14, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
163 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
148 m – 163 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 9.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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