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Salish Sea

Smiley – Residency

25th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Smiley
Smiley Confirmed in the catalog @4303
Jun 30 – Aug 1, 2025 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jun – Aug 2025

80 m
Deepest dive
3:24
Longest dive
71
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
32

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 30, 2025104 m—26 m
Jul 6, 2025129 m—79 m
Jul 7, 2025129 m—43 m
Jul 7, 2025103 m—80 m
Jul 15, 202582 m—74 m
Jul 28, 2025133 m—33 m
Aug 1, 2025114 m—55 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, 2025 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Jun 30Jul 6, 2025 — seafloor 129 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Jul 6Jul 7, 2025 — seafloor 129 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Jul 7Jul 7, 2025 — seafloor 103 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Jul 7Jul 15, 2025 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Jul 15Jul 28, 2025 — seafloor 133 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Jul 28Aug 1, 2025 — seafloor 114 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Aug 1

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

Dives

80 m
Deepest dive
3:24
Longest dive
71
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
32
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010080 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (103 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 7, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
103 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
82 m – 133 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 9.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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