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Salish Sea

Europa – Residency

32nd sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Europa
Europa Confirmed in the catalog @4145
Aug 3 – Nov 2, 2024 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Aug – Nov 2024

70 m
Deepest dive
3:45
Longest dive
68
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
91

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 3, 202463 m14.7°C40 m
Aug 23, 2024255 m17.1°C70 m
Aug 24, 2024279 m17.6°C23 m
Sep 25, 2024121 m14.4°C34 m
Oct 6, 2024168 m10.9°C53 m
Nov 2, 2024144 m11.0°C42 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 3, 2024 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Aug 3Aug 23, 2024 — seafloor 255 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Aug 23Aug 24, 2024 — seafloor 279 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Aug 24Sep 25, 2024 — seafloor 121 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Sep 25Oct 6, 2024 — seafloor 168 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Oct 6Nov 2, 2024 — seafloor 144 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Nov 2

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

Dives

70 m
Deepest dive
3:45
Longest dive
68
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
91
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010070 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (255 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 · Aug 23, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
255 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.1°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
63 m – 279 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.9°C – 17.6°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 12.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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