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Salish Sea

Split Fin – Residency

13th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Split Fin
Split Fin Confirmed in the catalog @4083
Jul 29 – Sep 4, 2012 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jul – Sep 2012

57 m
Deepest dive
2:18
Longest dive
27
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
36

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 29, 2012103 m11.2°C33 m
Sep 4, 201274 m10.6°C57 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 29, 2012 — seafloor 103 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Jul 29Sep 4, 2012 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Sep 4

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

Dives

57 m
Deepest dive
2:18
Longest dive
27
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
36
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010057 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (74 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 4, 2012

measured
Seafloor depth
74 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.6°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
74 m – 103 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.6°C – 11.2°C
Distance from shore
6.0 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 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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