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Salish Sea

Zig Zag – Residency

50th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Zig Zag
Zig Zag Confirmed in the catalog @4302
Apr 18 – Sep 12, 2024 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Apr – Sep 2024

112 m
Deepest dive
4:14
Longest dive
115
Dives
Sightings
12
Days between first and last sighting
147

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 18, 2024175 m8.7°C49 m
Apr 25, 2024156 m9.7°C23 m
May 2, 202472 m9.3°C21 m
May 6, 2024100 m10.0°C66 m
May 6, 202468 m9.2°C54 m
May 20, 202446 m9.9°C38 m
Jun 3, 2024208 m13.5°C75 m
Jun 3, 2024124 m13.4°C64 m
Jun 14, 20243 m13.7°C3 m
Jul 25, 2024165 m19.3°C89 m
Aug 16, 2024224 m19.9°C89 m
Sep 12, 2024234 m15.1°C112 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 18, 2024 — seafloor 175 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Apr 18Apr 25, 2024 — seafloor 156 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Apr 25May 2, 2024 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)May 2May 6, 2024 — seafloor 100 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)May 6May 6, 2024 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)May 6May 20, 2024 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)May 20Jun 3, 2024 — seafloor 208 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Jun 3Jun 3, 2024 — seafloor 124 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Jun 3Jun 14, 2024 — seafloor 3 m (measured), deepest dive 3 m (modelled)Jun 14Jul 25, 2024 — seafloor 165 m (measured), deepest dive 89 m (modelled)Jul 25Aug 16, 2024 — seafloor 224 m (measured), deepest dive 89 m (modelled)Aug 16Sep 12, 2024 — seafloor 234 m (measured), deepest dive 112 m (modelled)Sep 12

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

Dives

112 m
Deepest dive
4:14
Longest dive
115
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
12
Sightings
147
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150112 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (234 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 · Sep 12, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
234 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.1°C
Distance from shore
—

Across the residency · 12 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
3 m – 234 m
Sea-surface temperature
8.7°C – 19.9°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 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 12 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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