Split Fluke – Residency
43rd sighting in Salish Sea
Split Fluke @3534
May 12 – Aug 25, 2018 · Salish Sea
Salish Sea · May – Aug 2018
181 m
Deepest dive
8:28
Longest dive
87
Dives
- Sightings
- 7
- Days between first and last sighting
- 105
- Deepest dive on record
- 181 m · this residency
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2018 | 83 m | 9.9°C | 60 m |
| May 20, 2018 | 114 m | 12.8°C | 79 m |
| Aug 14, 2018 | 69 m | 19.1°C | 58 m |
| Aug 16, 2018 | 124 m | 18.5°C | 78 m |
| Aug 18, 2018 | 219 m | 17.1°C | 181 m |
| Aug 19, 2018 | 122 m | 16.4°C | 97 m |
| Aug 25, 2018 | 99 m | 15.3°C | 21 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
181 m
Deepest dive
8:28
Longest dive
87
Dives
31 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
105
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 · Aug 18, 2018
measured- Seafloor depth
- 219 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 17.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km
Across the residency · 7 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 69 m – 219 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 9.9°C – 19.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 6.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.