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Salish Sea

Pinnacle – Residency

43rd sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Pinnacle
Pinnacle Confirmed in the catalog @34711
Jun 28 – Nov 22, 2023 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jun – Nov 2023

102 m
Deepest dive
3:48
Longest dive
234
Dives
Sightings
19
Days between first and last sighting
147

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 28, 2023108 m11.4°C86 m
Jul 5, 2023174 m11.4°C102 m
Jul 8, 2023167 m10.9°C97 m
Jul 11, 2023136 m11.7°C59 m
Jul 12, 2023155 m12.2°C67 m
Aug 8, 2023126 m11.6°C48 m
Sep 11, 202360 m11.7°C14 m
Sep 12, 2023144 m11.8°C79 m
Sep 17, 202331 m12.2°C24 m
Sep 19, 202373 m11.7°C45 m
Sep 20, 20238 m11.6°C7 m
Sep 27, 202349 m10.8°C27 m
Oct 1, 202343 m10.6°C36 m
Oct 5, 202329 m11.3°C24 m
Oct 5, 202328 m11.3°C19 m
Oct 7, 20238 m11.5°C7 m
Oct 7, 202329 m11.5°C26 m
Oct 8, 202369 m11.4°C16 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 28, 2023 — seafloor 108 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)Jun 28Jul 5, 2023 — seafloor 174 m (measured), deepest dive 102 m (modelled)Jul 8, 2023 — seafloor 167 m (measured), deepest dive 97 m (modelled)Jul 11, 2023 — seafloor 136 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Jul 12, 2023 — seafloor 155 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Jul 12Aug 8, 2023 — seafloor 126 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Sep 11, 2023 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 14 m (modelled)Sep 12, 2023 — seafloor 144 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Sep 17, 2023 — seafloor 31 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Sep 17Sep 19, 2023 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Sep 20, 2023 — seafloor 8 m (measured), deepest dive 7 m (modelled)Sep 27, 2023 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Oct 1, 2023 — seafloor 43 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Oct 1Oct 5, 2023 — seafloor 29 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Oct 5, 2023 — seafloor 28 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Oct 7, 2023 — seafloor 8 m (measured), deepest dive 7 m (modelled)Oct 7, 2023 — seafloor 29 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Oct 7Oct 8, 2023 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)Nov 22, 2023 — seafloor 125 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)

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

Dives

102 m
Deepest dive
3:48
Longest dive
234
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
19
Sightings
147
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150102 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (174 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 · Jul 5, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
174 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.4°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 19 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
8 m – 174 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.9°C – 12.2°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 12.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 19 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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