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Salish Sea

Frankenstein – Residency

96th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Frankenstein
Frankenstein Confirmed in the catalog @3715
Jul 8 – Oct 26, 2024 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jul – Oct 2024

130 m
Deepest dive
5:01
Longest dive
125
Dives
Sightings
13
Days between first and last sighting
110

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 8, 2024146 m12.0°C61 m
Jul 9, 2024103 m12.8°C61 m
Jul 9, 2024142 m12.3°C130 m
Jul 9, 2024173 m12.4°C87 m
Jul 12, 2024119 m12.3°C76 m
Jul 12, 2024140 m12.5°C112 m
Jul 13, 2024172 m11.8°C39 m
Aug 8, 2024105 m15.1°C63 m
Aug 9, 202461 m15.6°C31 m
Oct 9, 202464 m10.3°C50 m
Oct 11, 2024137 m10.6°C94 m
Oct 13, 2024106 m11.1°C95 m
Oct 26, 202497 m9.7°C57 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 8, 2024 — seafloor 146 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Jul 8Jul 9, 2024 — seafloor 103 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Jul 9, 2024 — seafloor 142 m (measured), deepest dive 130 m (modelled)Jul 9, 2024 — seafloor 173 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Jul 9Jul 12, 2024 — seafloor 119 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Jul 12, 2024 — seafloor 140 m (measured), deepest dive 112 m (modelled)Jul 13, 2024 — seafloor 172 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Jul 13Aug 8, 2024 — seafloor 105 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Aug 9, 2024 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Oct 9, 2024 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Oct 9Oct 11, 2024 — seafloor 137 m (measured), deepest dive 94 m (modelled)Oct 13, 2024 — seafloor 106 m (measured), deepest dive 95 m (modelled)Oct 26, 2024 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Oct 26

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

Dives

130 m
Deepest dive
5:01
Longest dive
125
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
13
Sightings
110
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 (142 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 · Jul 9, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
142 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.3°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 13 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
61 m – 173 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.7°C – 15.6°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 9.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 13 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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