Split Fluke – Residency
23rd sighting in Salish Sea
Split Fluke @3534
May 24 – Oct 24, 2015 · Salish Sea
Salish Sea · May – Oct 2015
160 m
Deepest dive
4:55
Longest dive
129
Dives
- Sightings
- 13
- Days between first and last sighting
- 154
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2015 | 149 m | 13.1°C | 66 m |
| May 29, 2015 | 219 m | 15.3°C | 160 m |
| Jun 8, 2015 | 83 m | 10.8°C | 38 m |
| Jun 21, 2015 | 26 m | 10.4°C | 24 m |
| Jun 22, 2015 | 22 m | 12.7°C | 19 m |
| Jun 27, 2015 | 26 m | 12.8°C | 21 m |
| Jul 11, 2015 | 26 m | 13.0°C | 16 m |
| Jul 12, 2015 | 26 m | 12.3°C | 23 m |
| Jul 19, 2015 | 107 m | 12.8°C | 83 m |
| Jul 26, 2015 | 69 m | 12.5°C | 48 m |
| Jul 29, 2015 | 31 m | 12.9°C | 18 m |
| Jul 29, 2015 | 16 m | 12.8°C | 14 m |
| Oct 24, 2015 | 154 m | 10.5°C | 105 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
160 m
Deepest dive
4:55
Longest dive
129
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
13
Sightings
154
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 (219 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · May 29, 2015
measured- Seafloor depth
- 219 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km
Across the residency · 13 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 16 m – 219 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 10.4°C – 15.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 8.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 13 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.