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Salish Sea

Blizzard – Residency

22nd sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Blizzard
Blizzard Confirmed in the catalog @27062
Jun 24 – Jul 29, 2023 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jun – Jul 2023

131 m
Deepest dive
5:03
Longest dive
100
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
35

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 24, 202395 m—56 m
Jun 25, 202321 m—10 m
Jun 28, 2023148 m—69 m
Jun 30, 2023144 m—131 m
Jul 6, 2023259 m—80 m
Jul 29, 202334 m—30 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 24, 2023 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jun 24Jun 25, 2023 — seafloor 21 m (measured), deepest dive 10 m (modelled)Jun 25Jun 28, 2023 — seafloor 148 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Jun 28Jun 30, 2023 — seafloor 144 m (measured), deepest dive 131 m (modelled)Jun 30Jul 6, 2023 — seafloor 259 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Jul 6Jul 29, 2023 — seafloor 34 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Jul 29

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

Dives

131 m
Deepest dive
5:03
Longest dive
100
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
35
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150131 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (144 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 · Jun 30, 2023

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

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
21 m – 259 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 11.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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