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Salish Sea

CRC-18572 – Residency

6th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of CRC-18572
CRC-18572 Confirmed in the catalog @47886
Aug 21 – Sep 4, 2026 · Salish Sea

August, Right on Schedule

Ten late summers deep, and this shelf still feeds me fast.

136 m
Deepest dive
3:44
Longest dive
66
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
14

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 21, 2026166 m14.9°C46 m
Aug 21, 2026175 m14.9°C107 m
Aug 26, 2026194 m14.5°C105 m
Aug 26, 2026188 m14.3°C48 m
Sep 4, 2026195 m—136 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 21, 2026 — seafloor 166 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Aug 21Aug 21, 2026 — seafloor 175 m (measured), deepest dive 107 m (modelled)Aug 21Aug 26, 2026 — seafloor 194 m (measured), deepest dive 105 m (modelled)Aug 26Aug 26, 2026 — seafloor 188 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Aug 26Sep 4, 2026 — seafloor 195 m (measured), deepest dive 136 m (modelled)Sep 4

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

Dives

136 m
Deepest dive
3:44
Longest dive
66
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
14
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150136 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (195 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 · Sep 4, 2026

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

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
166 m – 195 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.3°C – 14.9°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km – 9.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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