Orion – Residency
43rd sighting in Salish Sea
Orion @3311
Jun 1 – Aug 17, 2020 · Salish Sea
Salish Sea · Jun – Aug 2020
173 m
Deepest dive
4:55
Longest dive
84
Dives
- Sightings
- 8
- Days between first and last sighting
- 78
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2020 | 205 m | 10.5°C | 173 m |
| Jun 19, 2020 | 186 m | 11.9°C | 75 m |
| Jul 17, 2020 | 173 m | 18.1°C | 130 m |
| Jul 18, 2020 | 194 m | 17.8°C | 108 m |
| Jul 30, 2020 | 199 m | 17.1°C | 53 m |
| Aug 3, 2020 | 194 m | 17.0°C | 128 m |
| Aug 10, 2020 | 247 m | 15.3°C | 100 m |
| Aug 17, 2020 | 208 m | 18.1°C | 111 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
173 m
Deepest dive
4:55
Longest dive
84
Dives
36 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
78
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 (205 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jun 1, 2020
measured- Seafloor depth
- 205 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 10.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km
Across the residency · 8 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 173 m – 247 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 10.5°C – 18.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 10.0 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.