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Salish Sea

Mathematician – Residency

23rd sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Mathematician
Mathematician Confirmed in the catalog @4593
Jul 29 – Sep 23, 2025 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jul – Sep 2025

110 m
Deepest dive
4:19
Longest dive
47
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
56

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 29, 2025148 m15.0°C110 m
Aug 9, 202589 m14.6°C34 m
Aug 9, 2025150 m14.6°C68 m
Aug 19, 2025164 m14.8°C48 m
Sep 23, 2025154 m13.4°C97 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 29, 2025 — seafloor 148 m (measured), deepest dive 110 m (modelled)Jul 29Aug 9, 2025 — seafloor 89 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Aug 9Aug 9, 2025 — seafloor 150 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Aug 9Aug 19, 2025 — seafloor 164 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Aug 19Sep 23, 2025 — seafloor 154 m (measured), deepest dive 97 m (modelled)Sep 23

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

Dives

110 m
Deepest dive
4:19
Longest dive
47
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
56
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150110 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (148 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 29, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
148 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.0°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
89 m – 164 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.4°C – 15.0°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 10.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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