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Salish Sea

Spindrift – Residency

28th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Spindrift
Spindrift Confirmed in the catalog @27022
Jun 28 – Jul 19, 2022 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jun – Jul 2022

112 m
Deepest dive
4:12
Longest dive
58
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
21

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 28, 202262 m13.9°C56 m
Jul 2, 2022155 m11.0°C54 m
Jul 5, 2022139 m11.0°C56 m
Jul 9, 2022137 m11.9°C112 m
Jul 10, 2022167 m12.3°C103 m
Jul 19, 2022141 m11.3°C8 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 28, 2022 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jun 28Jul 2, 2022 — seafloor 155 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Jul 2Jul 5, 2022 — seafloor 139 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jul 5Jul 9, 2022 — seafloor 137 m (measured), deepest dive 112 m (modelled)Jul 9Jul 10, 2022 — seafloor 167 m (measured), deepest dive 103 m (modelled)Jul 10Jul 19, 2022 — seafloor 141 m (measured), deepest dive 8 m (modelled)Jul 19

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

Dives

112 m
Deepest dive
4:12
Longest dive
58
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
21
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150112 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (137 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 · Jul 9, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
137 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.9°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
62 m – 167 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.0°C – 13.9°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 8.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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