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Salish Sea

Hemlock – Residency

88th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Hemlock
Hemlock Confirmed in the catalog @5001
Jun 29 – Nov 23, 2024 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jun – Nov 2024

109 m
Deepest dive
5:37
Longest dive
161
Dives
Sightings
13
Days between first and last sighting
147

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 29, 2024167 m10.5°C47 m
Jul 4, 2024159 m11.0°C109 m
Jul 7, 2024121 m11.8°C79 m
Jul 11, 2024152 m12.4°C78 m
Jul 12, 2024122 m12.4°C65 m
Jul 26, 2024145 m11.4°C71 m
Jul 26, 2024181 m11.3°C99 m
Aug 22, 2024130 m10.6°C50 m
Sep 15, 202432 m12.9°C29 m
Sep 21, 2024109 m14.2°C72 m
Sep 21, 2024110 m14.2°C96 m
Oct 15, 2024141 m11.0°C70 m
Nov 23, 2024172 m9.2°C87 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 29, 2024 — seafloor 167 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jun 29Jul 4, 2024 — seafloor 159 m (measured), deepest dive 109 m (modelled)Jul 7, 2024 — seafloor 121 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Jul 11, 2024 — seafloor 152 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Jul 11Jul 12, 2024 — seafloor 122 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Jul 26, 2024 — seafloor 145 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Jul 26, 2024 — seafloor 181 m (measured), deepest dive 99 m (modelled)Jul 26Aug 22, 2024 — seafloor 130 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Sep 15, 2024 — seafloor 32 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Sep 21, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Sep 21Sep 21, 2024 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 96 m (modelled)Oct 15, 2024 — seafloor 141 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Nov 23, 2024 — seafloor 172 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Nov 23

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

Dives

109 m
Deepest dive
5:37
Longest dive
161
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
13
Sightings
147
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150109 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (159 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 4, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
159 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.0°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 13 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
32 m – 181 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.2°C – 14.2°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 10.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 13 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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