Zig Zag – Residency
38th sighting in Salish Sea
Zig Zag @4302
Jun 30 – Aug 23, 2023 · Salish Sea
Salish Sea · Jun – Aug 2023
137 m
Deepest dive
4:43
Longest dive
103
Dives
- Sightings
- 8
- Days between first and last sighting
- 54
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2023 | 144 m | 10.9°C | 112 m |
| Jul 2, 2023 | 174 m | 10.9°C | 51 m |
| Jul 8, 2023 | 167 m | 15.5°C | 109 m |
| Jul 27, 2023 | 132 m | 19.1°C | 105 m |
| Aug 2, 2023 | 340 m | 19.6°C | 137 m |
| Aug 3, 2023 | 167 m | 20.0°C | 77 m |
| Aug 22, 2023 | 54 m | 16.4°C | 48 m |
| Aug 23, 2023 | 323 m | 16.9°C | 93 m |
Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled
Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting
Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelledDepth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.
Dives
137 m
Deepest dive
4:43
Longest dive
103
Dives
32 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
54
Days first → last
Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (340 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 2, 2023
measured- Seafloor depth
- 340 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 19.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 12.0 km
Across the residency · 8 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 54 m – 340 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 10.9°C – 20.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 12.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.