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Salish Sea

Frankenstein – Residency

63rd sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Frankenstein
Frankenstein Confirmed in the catalog @3715
Jul 7 – Oct 8, 2022 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jul – Oct 2022

130 m
Deepest dive
5:19
Longest dive
280
Dives
Sightings
20
Days between first and last sighting
93

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 7, 2022112 m12.3°C55 m
Jul 23, 202299 m12.4°C20 m
Jul 23, 2022105 m12.5°C66 m
Jul 23, 2022104 m12.6°C93 m
Jul 26, 202296 m13.4°C65 m
Jul 30, 202247 m13.0°C35 m
Jul 31, 202296 m13.8°C33 m
Aug 2, 2022161 m13.4°C130 m
Aug 4, 2022170 m12.6°C79 m
Aug 5, 2022166 m12.5°C34 m
Aug 6, 2022119 m13.0°C63 m
Aug 7, 202263 m14.2°C44 m
Aug 12, 2022112 m17.2°C64 m
Aug 13, 2022148 m11.8°C78 m
Aug 15, 202288 m12.2°C40 m
Aug 16, 202276 m13.5°C70 m
Aug 22, 2022118 m13.8°C107 m
Aug 30, 2022135 m13.8°C88 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 7, 2022 — seafloor 112 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Jul 7Jul 23, 2022 — seafloor 99 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Jul 23, 2022 — seafloor 105 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Jul 23, 2022 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 93 m (modelled)Jul 26, 2022 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Jul 26Jul 30, 2022 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Jul 31, 2022 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Aug 2, 2022 — seafloor 161 m (measured), deepest dive 130 m (modelled)Aug 4, 2022 — seafloor 170 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Aug 4Aug 5, 2022 — seafloor 166 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Aug 6, 2022 — seafloor 119 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Aug 7, 2022 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Aug 12, 2022 — seafloor 112 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Aug 12Aug 13, 2022 — seafloor 148 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Aug 15, 2022 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Aug 16, 2022 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Aug 22, 2022 — seafloor 118 m (measured), deepest dive 107 m (modelled)Aug 22Aug 30, 2022 — seafloor 135 m (measured), deepest dive 88 m (modelled)Sep 9, 2022 — seafloor 180 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Oct 8, 2022 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)

Depth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.

Dives

130 m
Deepest dive
5:19
Longest dive
280
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
20
Sightings
93
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150130 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (161 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

Depth, duration and recovery resolved into a single number for this session.

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Place

Where this happened · Aug 2, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
161 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.4°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 20 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
47 m – 180 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.3°C – 17.2°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 14.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 20 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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