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Salish Sea

Orion – Residency

79th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Orion
Orion Confirmed in the catalog @3311
Jun 4 – Sep 25, 2022 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jun – Sep 2022

131 m
Deepest dive
4:51
Longest dive
342
Dives
Sightings
28
Days between first and last sighting
113

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 4, 202285 m12.2°C68 m
Jun 7, 2022145 m12.2°C114 m
Jun 7, 2022183 m11.7°C131 m
Jun 7, 2022145 m11.8°C92 m
Jun 10, 202233 m12.7°C25 m
Jun 10, 2022137 m12.4°C68 m
Jun 13, 202226 m13.0°C23 m
Jun 14, 202255 m12.4°C20 m
Jun 14, 2022-3 m13.3°C—
Jun 15, 2022107 m13.1°C69 m
Jun 16, 2022109 m13.1°C48 m
Jun 16, 2022119 m13.2°C82 m
Jun 16, 202222 m13.3°C18 m
Jun 16, 2022134 m13.1°C57 m
Jun 22, 2022195 m12.2°C38 m
Jul 10, 202293 m13.1°C85 m
Jul 16, 2022179 m10.4°C58 m
Jul 17, 2022165 m10.5°C58 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 4, 2022 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Jun 4Jun 7, 2022 — seafloor 145 m (measured), deepest dive 114 m (modelled)Jun 7, 2022 — seafloor 183 m (measured), deepest dive 131 m (modelled)Jun 7, 2022 — seafloor 145 m (measured), deepest dive 92 m (modelled)Jun 10, 2022 — seafloor 33 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Jun 10, 2022 — seafloor 137 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Jun 10Jun 13, 2022 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Jun 14, 2022 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Jun 14, 2022 — seafloor -3 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 15, 2022 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Jun 16, 2022 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Jun 16Jun 16, 2022 — seafloor 119 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Jun 16, 2022 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Jun 16, 2022 — seafloor 134 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jun 22, 2022 — seafloor 195 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Jul 10, 2022 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Jul 10Jul 16, 2022 — seafloor 179 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Jul 17, 2022 — seafloor 165 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Jul 23, 2022 — seafloor 18 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)Jul 26, 2022 — seafloor 143 m (measured), deepest dive 89 m (modelled)Aug 16, 2022 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Aug 16Aug 21, 2022 — seafloor 146 m (measured), deepest dive 120 m (modelled)Aug 29, 2022 — seafloor 108 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Aug 30, 2022 — seafloor 131 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Sep 3, 2022 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Sep 17, 2022 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Sep 17Sep 24, 2022 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 92 m (modelled)Sep 25, 2022 — seafloor 12 m (measured), deepest dive 11 m (modelled)

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

Dives

131 m
Deepest dive
4:51
Longest dive
342
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
28
Sightings
113
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150131 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (183 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

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Place

Where this happened · Jun 7, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
183 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 28 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-3 m – 195 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.4°C – 15.1°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 10.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 28 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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