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Salish Sea

Anvil – Residency

25th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Anvil
Anvil Confirmed in the catalog @3775
May 29 – Nov 6, 2021 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · May – Nov 2021

105 m
Deepest dive
3:12
Longest dive
136
Dives
Sightings
9
Days between first and last sighting
161

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 29, 202146 m12.3°C17 m
Jul 26, 2021159 m21.1°C82 m
Aug 8, 2021268 m19.3°C75 m
Aug 9, 2021140 m19.3°C52 m
Aug 9, 2021149 m19.5°C42 m
Sep 7, 2021328 m16.7°C41 m
Oct 10, 202197 m10.6°C66 m
Oct 23, 2021145 m10.2°C87 m
Nov 6, 2021159 m9.6°C105 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 29, 2021 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)May 29Jul 26, 2021 — seafloor 159 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Jul 26Aug 8, 2021 — seafloor 268 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Aug 8Aug 9, 2021 — seafloor 140 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Aug 9Aug 9, 2021 — seafloor 149 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Aug 9Sep 7, 2021 — seafloor 328 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Sep 7Oct 10, 2021 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Oct 10Oct 23, 2021 — seafloor 145 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Oct 23Nov 6, 2021 — seafloor 159 m (measured), deepest dive 105 m (modelled)Nov 6

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

Dives

105 m
Deepest dive
3:12
Longest dive
136
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
161
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150105 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (159 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

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Deep

Depth, duration and recovery resolved into a single number for this session.

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Place

Where this happened · Nov 6, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
159 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.6°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 9 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
46 m – 328 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.6°C – 21.1°C
Distance from shore
1.0 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 9 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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