Epaulette – Residency
13th sighting in Salish Sea
Epaulette @4589
Aug 17 – 25, 2020 · Salish Sea
Salish Sea · Aug 2020
174 m
Deepest dive
5:45
Longest dive
61
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 8
- Deepest dive on record
- 174 m · this residency
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2020 | 191 m | — | 38 m |
| Aug 18, 2020 | 240 m | — | 174 m |
| Aug 25, 2020 | 189 m | — | 139 m |
Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled
Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting
Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelledDepth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.
Dives
174 m
Deepest dive
5:45
Longest dive
61
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
8
Days first → last
Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (240 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 18, 2020
measured- Seafloor depth
- 240 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 13.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 189 m – 240 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 10.0 km – 14.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.