Zig Zag – Residency
50th sighting in Salish SeaZig Zag @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
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 2024 | 175 m | 8.7°C | 49 m |
| Apr 25, 2024 | 156 m | 9.7°C | 23 m |
| May 2, 2024 | 72 m | 9.3°C | 21 m |
| May 6, 2024 | 100 m | 10.0°C | 66 m |
| May 6, 2024 | 68 m | 9.2°C | 54 m |
| May 20, 2024 | 46 m | 9.9°C | 38 m |
| Jun 3, 2024 | 208 m | 13.5°C | 75 m |
| Jun 3, 2024 | 124 m | 13.4°C | 64 m |
| Jun 14, 2024 | 3 m | 13.7°C | 3 m |
| Jul 25, 2024 | 165 m | 19.3°C | 89 m |
| Aug 16, 2024 | 224 m | 19.9°C | 89 m |
| Sep 12, 2024 | 234 m | 15.1°C | 112 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
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
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (234 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Sep 12, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 234 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.1°C
- Distance from shore
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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
Source records
This activity is assembled from 12 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.