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Salish Sea

Europa – Residency

13th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Europa
Europa Confirmed in the catalog @4145
Nov 9, 2020 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Nov 2020

113 m
Deepest dive
3:26
Longest dive
15
Dives
Sightings
1
Days between first and last sighting
Same day

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Nov 9, 2020198 m9.4°C113 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Nov 9, 2020 — seafloor 198 m (measured), deepest dive 113 m (modelled)Nov 9

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

Dives

113 m
Deepest dive
3:26
Longest dive
15
Dives
39 m
Avg dive depth
1
Sightings
Same day
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150113 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (198 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 · Nov 9, 2020

measured
Seafloor depth
198 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.4°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 1 catalogued encounter on Happywhale.

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