KC - Kelp Creature – Residency
11th sighting in Salish Sea
KC - Kelp Creature @4982
May 20 – 30, 2022 · Salish Sea
May in Familiar Waters
These channels know my shape as well as I know theirs.
117 m
Deepest dive
3:25
Longest dive
34
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 10
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2022 | 135 m | 10.7°C | 117 m |
| May 29, 2022 | 47 m | 11.7°C | 16 m |
| May 30, 2022 | 60 m | 11.9°C | 46 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
117 m
Deepest dive
3:25
Longest dive
34
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
10
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 (135 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · May 20, 2022
measured- Seafloor depth
- 135 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 10.7°C
- Distance from shore
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Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 47 m – 135 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 10.7°C – 11.9°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 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.