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Salish Sea

Sirius – Residency

12th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Sirius
Sirius Confirmed in the catalog @4185
Jun 30 – Jul 11, 2024 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jun – Jul 2024

132 m
Deepest dive
5:10
Longest dive
80
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
11
Deepest dive on record
132 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 30, 202461 m—38 m
Jun 30, 2024145 m—17 m
Jul 6, 2024152 m—53 m
Jul 7, 2024161 m—132 m
Jul 8, 2024146 m—56 m
Jul 11, 2024152 m—87 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 30, 2024 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Jun 30Jun 30, 2024 — seafloor 145 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Jun 30Jul 6, 2024 — seafloor 152 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jul 6Jul 7, 2024 — seafloor 161 m (measured), deepest dive 132 m (modelled)Jul 7Jul 8, 2024 — seafloor 146 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jul 8Jul 11, 2024 — seafloor 152 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Jul 11

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

Dives

132 m
Deepest dive
5:10
Longest dive
80
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
11
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150132 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (161 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 · Jul 7, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
161 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
61 m – 161 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
7.0 km – 12.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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