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Salish Sea

Meqe' – Residency

32nd sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Meqe'
Meqe' Confirmed in the catalog @28530
Jul 19 – Sep 6, 2024 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jul – Sep 2024

145 m
Deepest dive
4:20
Longest dive
86
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
49

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 19, 2024149 m12.8°C110 m
Aug 6, 2024163 m12.0°C145 m
Aug 7, 202489 m12.5°C72 m
Aug 28, 202468 m14.2°C49 m
Sep 1, 202496 m17.3°C79 m
Sep 3, 202485 m17.6°C75 m
Sep 6, 202486 m19.0°C74 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 19, 2024 — seafloor 149 m (measured), deepest dive 110 m (modelled)Jul 19Aug 6, 2024 — seafloor 163 m (measured), deepest dive 145 m (modelled)Aug 6Aug 7, 2024 — seafloor 89 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Aug 7Aug 28, 2024 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Aug 28Sep 1, 2024 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Sep 1Sep 3, 2024 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Sep 3Sep 6, 2024 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Sep 6

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

Dives

145 m
Deepest dive
4:20
Longest dive
86
Dives
30 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
49
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150145 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (163 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 · Aug 6, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
163 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.0°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
68 m – 163 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.0°C – 19.0°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 7.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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