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Salish Sea

Hydra – Residency

39th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Hydra
Hydra Confirmed in the catalog @4666
Jul 20 – Nov 29, 2025 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jul – Nov 2025

149 m
Deepest dive
4:08
Longest dive
145
Dives
Sightings
11
Days between first and last sighting
132
Deepest dive on record
149 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 20, 2025180 m14.0°C103 m
Jul 23, 2025178 m14.5°C149 m
Aug 2, 2025144 m18.9°C88 m
Aug 4, 2025174 m16.9°C43 m
Aug 10, 2025128 m14.3°C67 m
Aug 16, 2025168 m14.7°C61 m
Aug 16, 2025184 m14.5°C72 m
Aug 16, 2025115 m14.8°C82 m
Aug 17, 2025176 m14.7°C93 m
Sep 28, 2025158 m14.2°C76 m
Nov 29, 2025144 m10.3°C63 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 20, 2025 — seafloor 180 m (measured), deepest dive 103 m (modelled)Jul 20Jul 23, 2025 — seafloor 178 m (measured), deepest dive 149 m (modelled)Jul 23Aug 2, 2025 — seafloor 144 m (measured), deepest dive 88 m (modelled)Aug 2Aug 4, 2025 — seafloor 174 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Aug 4Aug 10, 2025 — seafloor 128 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Aug 10Aug 16, 2025 — seafloor 168 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Aug 16Aug 16, 2025 — seafloor 184 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Aug 16Aug 16, 2025 — seafloor 115 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Aug 16Aug 17, 2025 — seafloor 176 m (measured), deepest dive 93 m (modelled)Aug 17Sep 28, 2025 — seafloor 158 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Sep 28Nov 29, 2025 — seafloor 144 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Nov 29

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

Dives

149 m
Deepest dive
4:08
Longest dive
145
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
11
Sightings
132
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150149 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (178 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 23, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
178 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.5°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 11 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
115 m – 184 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.3°C – 18.9°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 11.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 11 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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