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Salish Sea

Two Spot – Residency

39th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Two Spot
Two Spot Confirmed in the catalog @3773
Aug 21 – Oct 11, 2021 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Aug – Oct 2021

68 m
Deepest dive
2:55
Longest dive
27
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
51

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 21, 2021124 m16.4°C49 m
Sep 27, 2021150 m10.5°C68 m
Oct 11, 202173 m9.8°C40 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 21, 2021 — seafloor 124 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Aug 21Sep 27, 2021 — seafloor 150 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Sep 27Oct 11, 2021 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Oct 11

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

Dives

68 m
Deepest dive
2:55
Longest dive
27
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
51
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010068 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (150 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 · Sep 27, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
150 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.5°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
73 m – 150 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.8°C – 16.4°C
Distance from shore
3.0 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 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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