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Salish Sea

Adrian – Residency

3rd sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Adrian
Adrian Confirmed in the catalog @34709
Aug 4 – 5, 2026 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea, late summer

Slid into these green channels twice this stretch, easy as breathing.

70 m
Deepest dive
2:30
Longest dive
13
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
1

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 4, 202661 m14.5°C49 m
Aug 5, 202684 m14.5°C70 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 4, 2026 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Aug 4Aug 5, 2026 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Aug 5

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

Dives

70 m
Deepest dive
2:30
Longest dive
13
Dives
32 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
1
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010070 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (84 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 5, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
84 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.5°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
61 m – 84 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.5°C – 14.5°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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