Spindrift – Residency
18th sighting in Salish Sea
Spindrift @27022
Aug 17 – Oct 12, 2020 · Salish Sea
Salish Sea · Aug – Oct 2020
111 m
Deepest dive
3:53
Longest dive
50
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 56
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2020 | 150 m | 12.9°C | 53 m |
| Aug 23, 2020 | 173 m | 11.0°C | 111 m |
| Sep 1, 2020 | 132 m | 11.1°C | 32 m |
| Sep 8, 2020 | 172 m | 11.7°C | 37 m |
| Sep 28, 2020 | 163 m | 13.0°C | 95 m |
| Oct 12, 2020 | 72 m | 10.2°C | 56 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
111 m
Deepest dive
3:53
Longest dive
50
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
56
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 (173 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 23, 2020
measured- Seafloor depth
- 173 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 11.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 72 m – 173 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 10.2°C – 13.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 11.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.