Meqe' – Residency
9th sighting in Salish Sea
Meqe' @28530
Jul 7 – Sep 21, 2020 · Salish Sea
Salish Sea · Jul – Sep 2020
86 m
Deepest dive
3:40
Longest dive
56
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 76
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 2020 | 162 m | 10.3°C | 83 m |
| Jul 9, 2020 | 179 m | 10.4°C | 48 m |
| Aug 23, 2020 | 173 m | 11.0°C | 78 m |
| Aug 24, 2020 | 185 m | 11.9°C | 65 m |
| Sep 21, 2020 | 168 m | 10.6°C | 42 m |
| Sep 21, 2020 | 175 m | 10.7°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
86 m
Deepest dive
3:40
Longest dive
56
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
76
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 (175 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Sep 21, 2020
measured- Seafloor depth
- 175 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 10.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 8.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 162 m – 185 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 10.3°C – 11.9°C
- Distance from shore
- 8.0 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.