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Salish Sea

Hornet – Residency

47th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Hornet
Hornet Confirmed in the catalog @3720
Jun 28 – Aug 28, 2025 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jun – Aug 2025

115 m
Deepest dive
4:18
Longest dive
61
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
61

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 28, 2025135 m10.3°C50 m
Jun 29, 2025101 m10.5°C52 m
Aug 14, 2025173 m15.6°C105 m
Aug 16, 2025170 m14.7°C87 m
Aug 16, 2025184 m14.5°C109 m
Aug 18, 2025163 m15.2°C115 m
Aug 28, 2025125 m16.6°C51 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 28, 2025 — seafloor 135 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Jun 28Jun 29, 2025 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Jun 29Aug 14, 2025 — seafloor 173 m (measured), deepest dive 105 m (modelled)Aug 14Aug 16, 2025 — seafloor 170 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Aug 16Aug 16, 2025 — seafloor 184 m (measured), deepest dive 109 m (modelled)Aug 16Aug 18, 2025 — seafloor 163 m (measured), deepest dive 115 m (modelled)Aug 18Aug 28, 2025 — seafloor 125 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Aug 28

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

Dives

115 m
Deepest dive
4:18
Longest dive
61
Dives
30 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
61
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150115 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (163 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 18, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
163 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.2°C
Distance from shore
10.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
101 m – 184 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.3°C – 16.6°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 11.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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