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Salish Sea

Scrimmage – Residency

12th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Scrimmage
Scrimmage Confirmed in the catalog @34629
Aug 19 – 21, 2023 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Aug 2023

67 m
Deepest dive
2:30
Longest dive
59
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
3

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 19, 2023152 m13.1°C34 m
Aug 19, 202360 m12.9°C50 m
Aug 19, 2023160 m12.9°C64 m
Aug 20, 202395 m13.0°C67 m
Aug 21, 2023120 m12.6°C18 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 19, 2023 — seafloor 152 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Aug 19Aug 19, 2023 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Aug 19Aug 19, 2023 — seafloor 160 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Aug 19Aug 20, 2023 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Aug 20Aug 21, 2023 — seafloor 120 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Aug 21

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

Dives

67 m
Deepest dive
2:30
Longest dive
59
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
3
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010067 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (95 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 · Aug 20, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
95 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.0°C
Distance from shore
11.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
60 m – 160 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.6°C – 13.1°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 11.0 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.

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