Split Fluke – Residency
85th sighting in Salish Sea
Split Fluke @3534
Aug 3 – Oct 27, 2025 · Salish Sea
Late Summer Lingering
The familiar currents called me back again, rich with everything I need.
71 m
Deepest dive
2:31
Longest dive
56
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2025 | 1 m | 19.6°C | 1 m |
| Aug 8, 2025 | 127 m | 14.5°C | 71 m |
| Oct 27, 2025 | 151 m | 10.3°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
71 m
Deepest dive
2:31
Longest dive
56
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
3
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 (127 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 8, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 127 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 11.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 1 m – 151 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 10.3°C – 19.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km – 11.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.