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Salish Sea

Pyramid – Residency

19th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Pyramid
Pyramid Confirmed in the catalog @4623
May 25 – Sep 6, 2015 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · May – Sep 2015

96 m
Deepest dive
3:23
Longest dive
142
Dives
Sightings
12
Days between first and last sighting
104

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 25, 201522 m12.8°C20 m
Jun 30, 201526 m12.4°C22 m
Jul 11, 201526 m13.0°C22 m
Jul 26, 201552 m15.6°C43 m
Jul 26, 201569 m12.5°C62 m
Jul 27, 2015133 m12.7°C96 m
Aug 7, 201547 m12.0°C41 m
Aug 9, 201593 m12.5°C73 m
Aug 12, 201526 m12.8°C16 m
Aug 16, 2015101 m11.5°C25 m
Sep 5, 2015166 m11.1°C24 m
Sep 6, 201549 m13.7°C42 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 25, 2015 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)May 25Jun 30, 2015 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Jun 30Jul 11, 2015 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Jul 11Jul 26, 2015 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Jul 26Jul 26, 2015 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Jul 26Jul 27, 2015 — seafloor 133 m (measured), deepest dive 96 m (modelled)Jul 27Aug 7, 2015 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Aug 7Aug 9, 2015 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Aug 9Aug 12, 2015 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)Aug 12Aug 16, 2015 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Aug 16Sep 5, 2015 — seafloor 166 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Sep 5Sep 6, 2015 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Sep 6

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

Dives

96 m
Deepest dive
3:23
Longest dive
142
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
12
Sightings
104
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010096 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (133 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 27, 2015

measured
Seafloor depth
133 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.7°C
Distance from shore
10.0 km

Across the residency · 12 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
22 m – 166 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.1°C – 15.6°C
Distance from shore
1.0 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 12 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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