KC - Kelp Creature – Residency
7th sighting in Salish Sea
KC - Kelp Creature @4982
May 19 – Jul 30, 2020 · Salish Sea
Salish Sea · May – Jul 2020
158 m
Deepest dive
6:33
Longest dive
22
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 72
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2020 | 71 m | 14.9°C | 53 m |
| Jul 30, 2020 | 216 m | 19.6°C | 158 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
158 m
Deepest dive
6:33
Longest dive
22
Dives
33 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
72
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 (216 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 30, 2020
measured- Seafloor depth
- 216 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 19.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 6.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 71 m – 216 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.9°C – 19.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 6.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.