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Salish Sea

Hemlock – Residency

113th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Hemlock
Hemlock Confirmed in the catalog @5001
Jun 17 – Nov 30, 2025 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jun – Nov 2025

113 m
Deepest dive
3:59
Longest dive
312
Dives
Sightings
25
Days between first and last sighting
166

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 17, 2025169 m11.7°C95 m
Jun 18, 2025153 m12.1°C91 m
Jun 21, 2025120 m12.8°C60 m
Jul 6, 2025129 m12.0°C96 m
Jul 10, 2025108 m12.9°C71 m
Jul 12, 2025165 m17.7°C63 m
Jul 12, 2025135 m17.7°C71 m
Jul 13, 2025148 m18.3°C107 m
Jul 20, 2025128 m14.0°C63 m
Jul 22, 202591 m14.4°C72 m
Jul 24, 202584 m14.7°C24 m
Aug 10, 2025148 m14.4°C92 m
Aug 22, 2025173 m14.2°C51 m
Sep 12, 202555 m15.6°C30 m
Sep 22, 202570 m12.5°C33 m
Sep 22, 20257 m12.4°C5 m
Oct 2, 2025111 m11.6°C43 m
Oct 2, 2025109 m11.5°C45 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 17, 2025 — seafloor 169 m (measured), deepest dive 95 m (modelled)Jun 17Jun 18, 2025 — seafloor 153 m (measured), deepest dive 91 m (modelled)Jun 21, 2025 — seafloor 120 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Jul 6, 2025 — seafloor 129 m (measured), deepest dive 96 m (modelled)Jul 10, 2025 — seafloor 108 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Jul 12, 2025 — seafloor 165 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Jul 12Jul 12, 2025 — seafloor 135 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Jul 13, 2025 — seafloor 148 m (measured), deepest dive 107 m (modelled)Jul 20, 2025 — seafloor 128 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Jul 22, 2025 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Jul 24, 2025 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Jul 24Aug 10, 2025 — seafloor 148 m (measured), deepest dive 92 m (modelled)Aug 22, 2025 — seafloor 173 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Sep 12, 2025 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Sep 22, 2025 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Sep 22, 2025 — seafloor 7 m (measured), deepest dive 5 m (modelled)Sep 22Oct 2, 2025 — seafloor 111 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Oct 2, 2025 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Oct 3, 2025 — seafloor 8 m (measured), deepest dive 7 m (modelled)Oct 21, 2025 — seafloor 118 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Oct 23, 2025 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Oct 23Nov 8, 2025 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Nov 8, 2025 — seafloor 122 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Nov 14, 2025 — seafloor 43 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Nov 30, 2025 — seafloor 140 m (measured), deepest dive 113 m (modelled)

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

Dives

113 m
Deepest dive
3:59
Longest dive
312
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
25
Sightings
166
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150113 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (140 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 · Nov 30, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
140 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.3°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 25 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
7 m – 173 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.2°C – 18.3°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 12.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 25 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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