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Salish Sea

Smoke – Residency

10th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Smoke
Smoke Confirmed in the catalog @41375
May 24 – Aug 10, 2024 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · May – Aug 2024

240 m
Deepest dive
9:22
Longest dive
50
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
78
Deepest dive on record
240 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 24, 2024324 m—240 m
May 31, 2024368 m—145 m
Aug 10, 202434 m—31 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 24, 2024 — seafloor 324 m (measured), deepest dive 240 m (modelled)May 24May 31, 2024 — seafloor 368 m (measured), deepest dive 145 m (modelled)May 31Aug 10, 2024 — seafloor 34 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Aug 10

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

Dives

240 m
Deepest dive
9:22
Longest dive
50
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
78
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250240 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (324 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 · May 24, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
324 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
14.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
34 m – 368 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 14.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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