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Salish Sea

Hornet – Residency

22nd sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Hornet
Hornet Confirmed in the catalog @3720
Aug 1 – Sep 25, 2019 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Aug – Sep 2019

127 m
Deepest dive
7:00
Longest dive
163
Dives
Sightings
14
Days between first and last sighting
54

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 1, 2019171 m12.5°C—
Aug 2, 2019165 m12.5°C—
Aug 4, 2019170 m12.1°C—
Aug 11, 2019159 m12.4°C114 m
Aug 12, 2019149 m12.3°C45 m
Aug 13, 2019141 m12.1°C39 m
Aug 14, 2019107 m12.3°C61 m
Aug 17, 2019158 m12.2°C127 m
Aug 17, 201955 m12.3°C47 m
Aug 18, 2019122 m12.6°C105 m
Aug 22, 2019166 m12.5°C83 m
Sep 18, 201936 m12.7°C23 m
Sep 18, 2019188 m12.0°C88 m
Sep 25, 2019251 m12.3°C110 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 1, 2019 — seafloor 171 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 1Aug 2, 2019 — seafloor 165 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 4, 2019 — seafloor 170 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 11, 2019 — seafloor 159 m (measured), deepest dive 114 m (modelled)Aug 11Aug 12, 2019 — seafloor 149 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Aug 13, 2019 — seafloor 141 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Aug 14, 2019 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Aug 14Aug 17, 2019 — seafloor 158 m (measured), deepest dive 127 m (modelled)Aug 17, 2019 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Aug 18, 2019 — seafloor 122 m (measured), deepest dive 105 m (modelled)Aug 18Aug 22, 2019 — seafloor 166 m (measured), deepest dive 83 m (modelled)Sep 18, 2019 — seafloor 36 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Sep 18, 2019 — seafloor 188 m (measured), deepest dive 88 m (modelled)Sep 18Sep 25, 2019 — seafloor 251 m (measured), deepest dive 110 m (modelled)

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

Dives

127 m
Deepest dive
7:00
Longest dive
163
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
14
Sightings
54
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150127 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (158 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 17, 2019

measured
Seafloor depth
158 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.2°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 14 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
36 m – 251 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.0°C – 12.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 13.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 14 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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