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Salish Sea

Exclamation – Residency

24th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Exclamation
Exclamation Confirmed in the catalog @34716
Aug 24 – Oct 8, 2023 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Aug – Oct 2023

93 m
Deepest dive
3:18
Longest dive
44
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
45

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 24, 2023117 m12.9°C93 m
Sep 4, 202372 m11.4°C32 m
Sep 15, 202337 m12.0°C17 m
Sep 17, 202331 m12.2°C20 m
Oct 8, 202355 m11.4°C40 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 24, 2023 — seafloor 117 m (measured), deepest dive 93 m (modelled)Aug 24Sep 4, 2023 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Sep 4Sep 15, 2023 — seafloor 37 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Sep 15Sep 17, 2023 — seafloor 31 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Sep 17Oct 8, 2023 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Oct 8

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

Dives

93 m
Deepest dive
3:18
Longest dive
44
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
45
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010093 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (117 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 24, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
117 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.9°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
31 m – 117 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.4°C – 12.9°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 7.0 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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