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Salish Sea

Zig Zag – Residency

25th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Zig Zag
Zig Zag Confirmed in the catalog @4302
Jul 20 – Oct 9, 2021 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jul – Oct 2021

159 m
Deepest dive
6:51
Longest dive
27
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
81

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 20, 2021327 m20.7°C121 m
Oct 9, 2021197 m12.0°C159 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 20, 2021 — seafloor 327 m (measured), deepest dive 121 m (modelled)Jul 20Oct 9, 2021 — seafloor 197 m (measured), deepest dive 159 m (modelled)Oct 9

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

Dives

159 m
Deepest dive
6:51
Longest dive
27
Dives
41 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
81
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200159 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (197 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 · Oct 9, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
197 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.0°C
Distance from shore
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Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
197 m – 327 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.0°C – 20.7°C
Distance from shore
13.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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