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Salish Sea

Europa – Residency

3rd sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Europa
Europa Confirmed in the catalog @4145
Sep 5 – Oct 3, 2009 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Sep – Oct 2009

65 m
Deepest dive
2:34
Longest dive
38
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
28

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 5, 200972 m12.7°C65 m
Oct 2, 200948 m12.5°C43 m
Oct 3, 200945 m12.4°C36 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Sep 5, 2009 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Sep 5Oct 2, 2009 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Oct 2Oct 3, 2009 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Oct 3

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

Dives

65 m
Deepest dive
2:34
Longest dive
38
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
28
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010065 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (72 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 5, 2009

measured
Seafloor depth
72 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.7°C
Distance from shore
—

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
45 m – 72 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.4°C – 12.7°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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