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Salish Sea

Zillion – Residency

63rd sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Zillion
Zillion Confirmed in the catalog @34648
Sep 1 – Oct 28, 2024 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Sep – Oct 2024

106 m
Deepest dive
3:28
Longest dive
249
Dives
Sightings
21
Days between first and last sighting
57

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 1, 2024193 m16.2°C71 m
Sep 5, 202448 m18.4°C30 m
Sep 12, 2024118 m14.1°C30 m
Sep 21, 2024165 m14.1°C106 m
Sep 22, 202493 m14.4°C32 m
Sep 23, 2024104 m14.1°C60 m
Sep 23, 202494 m14.2°C80 m
Sep 27, 202458 m13.5°C24 m
Sep 28, 202493 m10.9°C62 m
Sep 28, 202484 m11.0°C55 m
Sep 28, 202485 m10.9°C67 m
Oct 1, 2024129 m10.9°C78 m
Oct 9, 202464 m10.3°C57 m
Oct 9, 2024147 m10.4°C69 m
Oct 10, 202457 m10.3°C39 m
Oct 12, 202492 m10.7°C67 m
Oct 18, 202446 m13.2°C35 m
Oct 22, 2024167 m10.6°C57 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Sep 1, 2024 — seafloor 193 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Sep 1Sep 5, 2024 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Sep 12, 2024 — seafloor 118 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Sep 21, 2024 — seafloor 165 m (measured), deepest dive 106 m (modelled)Sep 22, 2024 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Sep 22Sep 23, 2024 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Sep 23, 2024 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Sep 27, 2024 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Sep 28, 2024 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Sep 28Sep 28, 2024 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Sep 28, 2024 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Oct 1, 2024 — seafloor 129 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Oct 9, 2024 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Oct 9Oct 9, 2024 — seafloor 147 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Oct 10, 2024 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Oct 12, 2024 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Oct 18, 2024 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Oct 18Oct 22, 2024 — seafloor 167 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Oct 22, 2024 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Oct 24, 2024 — seafloor 132 m (measured), deepest dive 98 m (modelled)Oct 28, 2024 — seafloor 30 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Oct 28

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

Dives

106 m
Deepest dive
3:28
Longest dive
249
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
21
Sightings
57
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150106 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (165 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 21, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
165 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.1°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 21 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
30 m – 193 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.5°C – 18.4°C
Distance from shore
2.0 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 21 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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