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Salish Sea

Zig Zag – Residency

5th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Zig Zag
Zig Zag Confirmed in the catalog @4302
Jun 6 – Aug 4, 2015 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jun – Aug 2015

121 m
Deepest dive
4:05
Longest dive
55
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
59

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 6, 2015186 m13.7°C44 m
Jun 17, 2015207 m16.0°C121 m
Jul 26, 201569 m12.5°C49 m
Aug 4, 2015138 m11.6°C70 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 6, 2015 — seafloor 186 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Jun 6Jun 17, 2015 — seafloor 207 m (measured), deepest dive 121 m (modelled)Jun 17Jul 26, 2015 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jul 26Aug 4, 2015 — seafloor 138 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Aug 4

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

Dives

121 m
Deepest dive
4:05
Longest dive
55
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
59
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150121 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (207 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 · Jun 17, 2015

measured
Seafloor depth
207 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.0°C
Distance from shore
12.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
69 m – 207 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.6°C – 16.0°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 12.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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