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Salish Sea

Europa – Residency

35th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Europa
Europa Confirmed in the catalog @4145
Jun 27 – Aug 8, 2025 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jun – Aug 2025

74 m
Deepest dive
3:39
Longest dive
31
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
41

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 27, 202586 m11.3°C74 m
Jun 29, 2025163 m11.0°C22 m
Aug 8, 2025399 m14.1°C29 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 27, 2025 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Jun 27Jun 29, 2025 — seafloor 163 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Jun 29Aug 8, 2025 — seafloor 399 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Aug 8

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

Dives

74 m
Deepest dive
3:39
Longest dive
31
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
41
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010074 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (86 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 · Jun 27, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
86 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.3°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
86 m – 399 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.0°C – 14.1°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 8.0 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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