Spindrift – Residency
12th sighting in Salish Sea
Spindrift @27022
Aug 1 – Sep 11, 2019 · Salish Sea
Salish Sea · Aug – Sep 2019
144 m
Deepest dive
4:05
Longest dive
118
Dives
- Sightings
- 11
- Days between first and last sighting
- 40
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2019 | 165 m | 12.6°C | — |
| Aug 9, 2019 | 139 m | 11.3°C | 69 m |
| Aug 10, 2019 | 142 m | 11.3°C | 119 m |
| Aug 11, 2019 | 179 m | 12.4°C | 144 m |
| Aug 12, 2019 | 168 m | 12.6°C | 87 m |
| Aug 18, 2019 | 140 m | 12.5°C | 66 m |
| Aug 22, 2019 | 166 m | 12.5°C | 122 m |
| Aug 23, 2019 | 145 m | 12.3°C | 84 m |
| Aug 27, 2019 | 139 m | 11.9°C | 103 m |
| Aug 29, 2019 | 99 m | 12.6°C | 82 m |
| Sep 11, 2019 | 167 m | 11.5°C | 86 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
144 m
Deepest dive
4:05
Longest dive
118
Dives
34 m
Avg dive depth
11
Sightings
40
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 (179 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 11, 2019
measured- Seafloor depth
- 179 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km
Across the residency · 11 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 99 m – 179 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.3°C – 12.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km – 10.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 11 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.