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Salish Sea

Two Spot – Residency

60th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Two Spot
Two Spot Confirmed in the catalog @3773
Jul 6 – Dec 31, 2023 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jul – Dec 2023

94 m
Deepest dive
4:23
Longest dive
237
Dives
Sightings
15
Days between first and last sighting
178

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 6, 2023132 m11.0°C94 m
Jul 11, 202375 m11.7°C64 m
Jul 14, 202393 m12.2°C58 m
Jul 21, 202335 m14.2°C28 m
Jul 26, 2023144 m12.1°C92 m
Jul 26, 2023156 m12.3°C74 m
Jul 28, 202393 m12.4°C46 m
Aug 1, 202368 m14.0°C55 m
Aug 9, 202346 m12.1°C42 m
Aug 9, 2023124 m11.9°C33 m
Aug 10, 202360 m12.6°C51 m
Aug 30, 2023147 m17.5°C40 m
Sep 29, 2023192 m13.1°C65 m
Nov 17, 202398 m9.8°C77 m
Dec 31, 202348 m8.6°C39 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 6, 2023 — seafloor 132 m (measured), deepest dive 94 m (modelled)Jul 6Jul 11, 2023 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Jul 14, 2023 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Jul 21, 2023 — seafloor 35 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Jul 21Jul 26, 2023 — seafloor 144 m (measured), deepest dive 92 m (modelled)Jul 26, 2023 — seafloor 156 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Jul 28, 2023 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Jul 28Aug 1, 2023 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Aug 9, 2023 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Aug 9, 2023 — seafloor 124 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Aug 9Aug 10, 2023 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Aug 30, 2023 — seafloor 147 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Sep 29, 2023 — seafloor 192 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Sep 29Nov 17, 2023 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Dec 31, 2023 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)

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

Dives

94 m
Deepest dive
4:23
Longest dive
237
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
15
Sightings
178
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010094 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (132 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 6, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
132 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.0°C
Distance from shore
11.0 km

Across the residency · 15 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
35 m – 192 m
Sea-surface temperature
8.6°C – 17.5°C
Distance from shore
1.0 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 15 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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