Meqe' – Residency
25th sighting in Salish Sea
Meqe' @28530
Jul 21 – Oct 14, 2023 · Salish Sea
Salish Sea · Jul – Oct 2023
84 m
Deepest dive
4:03
Longest dive
131
Dives
- Sightings
- 8
- Days between first and last sighting
- 85
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 2023 | 146 m | 11.6°C | 62 m |
| Aug 18, 2023 | 106 m | 13.1°C | 83 m |
| Aug 28, 2023 | 80 m | 12.3°C | 47 m |
| Aug 30, 2023 | 82 m | 12.0°C | 69 m |
| Sep 4, 2023 | 168 m | 11.5°C | 35 m |
| Sep 15, 2023 | 97 m | 12.0°C | 84 m |
| Sep 20, 2023 | 98 m | 11.5°C | 60 m |
| Oct 14, 2023 | 94 m | 11.2°C | 70 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
84 m
Deepest dive
4:03
Longest dive
131
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
85
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 (97 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Sep 15, 2023
measured- Seafloor depth
- 97 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 10.0 km
Across the residency · 8 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 80 m – 168 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.2°C – 13.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 13.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.