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Salish Sea

Zig Zag – Residency

12th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Zig Zag
Zig Zag Confirmed in the catalog @4302
Jun 30 – Sep 23, 2017 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jun – Sep 2017

60 m
Deepest dive
2:40
Longest dive
26
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
85

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 30, 20173 m16.6°C3 m
Jul 4, 201794 m12.1°C60 m
Sep 23, 2017386 m13.5°C47 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 30, 2017 — seafloor 3 m (measured), deepest dive 3 m (modelled)Jun 30Jul 4, 2017 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Jul 4Sep 23, 2017 — seafloor 386 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Sep 23

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

Dives

60 m
Deepest dive
2:40
Longest dive
26
Dives
16 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
85
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 (94 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 4, 2017

measured
Seafloor depth
94 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.1°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
3 m – 386 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.1°C – 16.6°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 5.0 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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