Split Fin – Residency
39th sighting in Salish Sea
Split Fin @4083
May 2 – Aug 26, 2017 · Salish Sea
Salish Sea · May – Aug 2017
163 m
Deepest dive
6:06
Longest dive
42
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 116
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2017 | 91 m | 9.3°C | 61 m |
| May 15, 2017 | 13 m | 9.8°C | 9 m |
| May 18, 2017 | 118 m | 10.9°C | 46 m |
| Aug 1, 2017 | 146 m | 18.0°C | 70 m |
| Aug 10, 2017 | 195 m | 17.4°C | 163 m |
| Aug 26, 2017 | 134 m | 11.8°C | 72 m |
Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled
Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting
Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelledDepth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.
Dives
163 m
Deepest dive
6:06
Longest dive
42
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
116
Days first → last
Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (195 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 10, 2017
measured- Seafloor depth
- 195 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 17.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 13 m – 195 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 9.3°C – 18.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 9.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.