KC - Kelp Creature – Residency
5th sighting in Salish Sea
KC - Kelp Creature @4982
Jun 29 – Jul 12, 2019 · Salish Sea
Salish Sea · Jun – Jul 2019
113 m
Deepest dive
4:25
Longest dive
20
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 13
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2019 | 124 m | 16.5°C | 113 m |
| Jul 5, 2019 | 64 m | 17.1°C | 39 m |
| Jul 12, 2019 | 92 m | 16.9°C | 30 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
113 m
Deepest dive
4:25
Longest dive
20
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
13
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 (124 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jun 29, 2019
measured- Seafloor depth
- 124 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 64 m – 124 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.5°C – 17.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 2.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.