Split Fluke – Residency
82nd sighting in Salish SeaSplit Fluke @3534
Jun 17 – Sep 10, 2024 · Salish Sea
Summer in the Salish
Spent the season in familiar waters, feeding where the currents know me best.
162 m
Deepest dive
7:34
Longest dive
185
Dives
- Sightings
- 12
- Days between first and last sighting
- 85
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2024 | 186 m | 16.2°C | 94 m |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 232 m | 16.3°C | 107 m |
| Jul 1, 2024 | 148 m | 17.3°C | 58 m |
| Jul 7, 2024 | 227 m | 19.9°C | 97 m |
| Jul 9, 2024 | 152 m | 20.9°C | 99 m |
| Jul 9, 2024 | 221 m | 21.0°C | 98 m |
| Aug 14, 2024 | 210 m | 19.5°C | 162 m |
| Aug 23, 2024 | 88 m | 10.5°C | 81 m |
| Sep 3, 2024 | 182 m | 17.6°C | 66 m |
| Sep 4, 2024 | 34 m | 18.2°C | 26 m |
| Sep 9, 2024 | 151 m | 16.4°C | 95 m |
| Sep 10, 2024 | 4 m | 15.8°C | 4 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
162 m
Deepest dive
7:34
Longest dive
185
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
12
Sightings
85
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 (210 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 14, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 210 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 19.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km
Across the residency · 12 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 4 m – 232 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 10.5°C – 21.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 12.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 12 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.