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Salish Sea

Orion – Residency

158th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Orion
Orion Confirmed in the catalog @3311
May 27 – Aug 1, 2026 · Salish Sea

Every Herring Point Pays Off

Cameras clicking all summer — the passes fed me well again this year.

127 m
Deepest dive
5:17
Longest dive
224
Dives
Sightings
16
Days between first and last sighting
66

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 27, 2026211 m14.1°C83 m
Jun 2, 2026211 m12.5°C103 m
Jun 3, 202651 m12.1°C44 m
Jun 5, 2026146 m10.9°C60 m
Jun 8, 2026174 m11.3°C127 m
Jun 11, 2026189 m12.9°C66 m
Jun 12, 202677 m12.6°C56 m
Jun 19, 202657 m16.4°C49 m
Jun 20, 202658 m16.1°C52 m
Jun 21, 2026142 m16.2°C120 m
Jun 25, 2026124 m15.0°C34 m
Jun 30, 2026141 m13.5°C38 m
Jul 15, 202675 m16.0°C68 m
Jul 17, 2026107 m15.1°C71 m
Jul 19, 2026147 m13.8°C40 m
Aug 1, 202665 m15.6°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
May 27, 2026 — seafloor 211 m (measured), deepest dive 83 m (modelled)May 27Jun 2, 2026 — seafloor 211 m (measured), deepest dive 103 m (modelled)Jun 3, 2026 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Jun 5, 2026 — seafloor 146 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Jun 5Jun 8, 2026 — seafloor 174 m (measured), deepest dive 127 m (modelled)Jun 11, 2026 — seafloor 189 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Jun 12, 2026 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jun 12Jun 19, 2026 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jun 20, 2026 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Jun 21, 2026 — seafloor 142 m (measured), deepest dive 120 m (modelled)Jun 21Jun 25, 2026 — seafloor 124 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Jun 30, 2026 — seafloor 141 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Jul 15, 2026 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Jul 15Jul 17, 2026 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Jul 19, 2026 — seafloor 147 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Aug 1, 2026 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Aug 1

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

Dives

127 m
Deepest dive
5:17
Longest dive
224
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
16
Sightings
66
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150127 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (174 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

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Place

Where this happened · Jun 8, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
174 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.3°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 16 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
51 m – 211 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.9°C – 16.4°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 13.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 16 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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