Split Fluke – Residency
57th sighting in Salish Sea
Split Fluke @3534
Mar 27 – Sep 25, 2022 · Salish Sea
Spring to Fall Resident
Stayed close to home this year, raising little Cerulean in familiar waters.
132 m
Deepest dive
5:58
Longest dive
87
Dives
- Sightings
- 9
- Days between first and last sighting
- 182
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2022 | 101 m | 7.7°C | 29 m |
| Apr 29, 2022 | 174 m | 9.3°C | 110 m |
| Apr 29, 2022 | 140 m | 9.4°C | 107 m |
| Apr 29, 2022 | 124 m | 9.3°C | 78 m |
| May 27, 2022 | 149 m | 10.0°C | 65 m |
| Jun 22, 2022 | 125 m | 14.3°C | 87 m |
| Jul 18, 2022 | 146 m | 10.6°C | 56 m |
| Jul 18, 2022 | 169 m | 10.5°C | 132 m |
| Sep 25, 2022 | 341 m | 13.7°C | 54 m |
Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled
Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting
Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelledDepth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.
Dives
132 m
Deepest dive
5:58
Longest dive
87
Dives
30 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
182
Days first → last
Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (169 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 18, 2022
measured- Seafloor depth
- 169 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 10.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 8.0 km
Across the residency · 9 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 101 m – 341 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 7.7°C – 14.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 9.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 9 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.