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Salish Sea

Holey Moley – Residency

13th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Holey Moley
Holey Moley Confirmed in the catalog @34615
Jun 30 – Sep 29, 2024 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jun – Sep 2024

139 m
Deepest dive
5:35
Longest dive
84
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
91

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 30, 2024172 m10.6°C98 m
Aug 3, 2024386 m19.0°C138 m
Aug 23, 2024286 m16.5°C136 m
Sep 18, 2024217 m13.5°C116 m
Sep 29, 2024218 m11.7°C139 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 30, 2024 — seafloor 172 m (measured), deepest dive 98 m (modelled)Jun 30Aug 3, 2024 — seafloor 386 m (measured), deepest dive 138 m (modelled)Aug 3Aug 23, 2024 — seafloor 286 m (measured), deepest dive 136 m (modelled)Aug 23Sep 18, 2024 — seafloor 217 m (measured), deepest dive 116 m (modelled)Sep 18Sep 29, 2024 — seafloor 218 m (measured), deepest dive 139 m (modelled)Sep 29

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

Dives

139 m
Deepest dive
5:35
Longest dive
84
Dives
38 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
91
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150139 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (218 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 · Sep 29, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
218 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.7°C
Distance from shore
10.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
172 m – 386 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.6°C – 19.0°C
Distance from shore
2.0 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 5 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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