Orion – Residency
51st sighting in Salish Sea
Orion @3311
Jun 21 – Sep 24, 2021 · Salish Sea
Salish Sea · Jun – Sep 2021
229 m
Deepest dive
6:51
Longest dive
110
Dives
- Sightings
- 8
- Days between first and last sighting
- 95
- Deepest dive on record
- 229 m · this residency
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 2021 | 84 m | 11.0°C | 35 m |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 126 m | 17.2°C | 71 m |
| Aug 13, 2021 | 268 m | 20.7°C | 116 m |
| Aug 14, 2021 | 180 m | 20.2°C | 135 m |
| Aug 21, 2021 | 358 m | 18.6°C | 229 m |
| Aug 27, 2021 | 132 m | 11.4°C | 56 m |
| Sep 2, 2021 | 98 m | 12.3°C | 57 m |
| Sep 24, 2021 | 197 m | 10.8°C | 52 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
229 m
Deepest dive
6:51
Longest dive
110
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
95
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 (358 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 21, 2021
measured- Seafloor depth
- 358 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 18.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 11.0 km
Across the residency · 8 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 84 m – 358 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 10.8°C – 20.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 11.0 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.