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Salish Sea

Nike – Residency

37th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Nike
Nike Confirmed in the catalog @3908
Jul 2 – Nov 13, 2023 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jul – Nov 2023

333 m
Deepest dive
9:02
Longest dive
62
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
134
Deepest dive on record
333 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 2, 2023151 m11.0°C66 m
Jul 3, 2023161 m11.1°C136 m
Jul 20, 2023174 m21.1°C54 m
Aug 10, 2023399 m19.8°C333 m
Aug 30, 2023148 m17.5°C71 m
Nov 13, 2023357 m9.7°C42 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 2, 2023 — seafloor 151 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Jul 2Jul 3, 2023 — seafloor 161 m (measured), deepest dive 136 m (modelled)Jul 3Jul 20, 2023 — seafloor 174 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Jul 20Aug 10, 2023 — seafloor 399 m (measured), deepest dive 333 m (modelled)Aug 10Aug 30, 2023 — seafloor 148 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Aug 30Nov 13, 2023 — seafloor 357 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Nov 13

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

Dives

333 m
Deepest dive
9:02
Longest dive
62
Dives
39 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
134
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0175350333 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (399 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 10, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
399 m
Sea-surface temperature
19.8°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
148 m – 399 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.7°C – 21.1°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 8.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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