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Salish Sea

Hornet – Residency

32nd sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Hornet
Hornet Confirmed in the catalog @3720
Jul 7 – Sep 6, 2020 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jul – Sep 2020

120 m
Deepest dive
5:27
Longest dive
143
Dives
Sightings
10
Days between first and last sighting
61

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 7, 2020162 m10.3°C109 m
Jul 8, 2020154 m10.1°C62 m
Jul 10, 2020155 m10.5°C89 m
Jul 14, 2020154 m11.7°C111 m
Aug 23, 2020173 m11.0°C108 m
Aug 23, 2020192 m11.1°C91 m
Aug 23, 2020199 m11.3°C120 m
Aug 24, 2020185 m11.9°C9 m
Aug 26, 2020185 m12.1°C42 m
Sep 6, 2020164 m11.5°C119 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, 2020 — seafloor 162 m (measured), deepest dive 109 m (modelled)Jul 7Jul 8, 2020 — seafloor 154 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Jul 8Jul 10, 2020 — seafloor 155 m (measured), deepest dive 89 m (modelled)Jul 10Jul 14, 2020 — seafloor 154 m (measured), deepest dive 111 m (modelled)Jul 14Aug 23, 2020 — seafloor 173 m (measured), deepest dive 108 m (modelled)Aug 23Aug 23, 2020 — seafloor 192 m (measured), deepest dive 91 m (modelled)Aug 23Aug 23, 2020 — seafloor 199 m (measured), deepest dive 120 m (modelled)Aug 23Aug 24, 2020 — seafloor 185 m (measured), deepest dive 9 m (modelled)Aug 24Aug 26, 2020 — seafloor 185 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Aug 26Sep 6, 2020 — seafloor 164 m (measured), deepest dive 119 m (modelled)Sep 6

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

Dives

120 m
Deepest dive
5:27
Longest dive
143
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
10
Sightings
61
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150120 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (199 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 23, 2020

measured
Seafloor depth
199 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.3°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 10 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
154 m – 199 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.1°C – 12.1°C
Distance from shore
6.0 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 10 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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