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Salish Sea

Zig Zag – Residency

8th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Zig Zag
Zig Zag Confirmed in the catalog @4302
Jul 17 – Aug 6, 2016 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jul – Aug 2016

60 m
Deepest dive
2:22
Longest dive
21
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
20

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 17, 201681 m12.1°C60 m
Jul 21, 201681 m11.9°C39 m
Aug 6, 201697 m11.6°C46 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 17, 2016 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Jul 17Jul 21, 2016 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Jul 21Aug 6, 2016 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Aug 6

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

Dives

60 m
Deepest dive
2:22
Longest dive
21
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
20
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010060 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (81 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 · Jul 17, 2016

measured
Seafloor depth
81 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.1°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
81 m – 97 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.6°C – 12.1°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 8.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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