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Salish Sea

Zig Zag – Residency

15th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Zig Zag
Zig Zag Confirmed in the catalog @4302
Apr 22 – Jul 14, 2018 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Apr – Jul 2018

59 m
Deepest dive
2:41
Longest dive
34
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
83

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 22, 2018200 m9.9°C59 m
May 30, 2018190 m11.1°C42 m
Jul 14, 201817 m13.0°C16 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 22, 2018 — seafloor 200 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Apr 22May 30, 2018 — seafloor 190 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)May 30Jul 14, 2018 — seafloor 17 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)Jul 14

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

Dives

59 m
Deepest dive
2:41
Longest dive
34
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
83
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010059 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (200 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 · Apr 22, 2018

measured
Seafloor depth
200 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.9°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
17 m – 200 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.9°C – 13.0°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 4.0 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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