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Salish Sea

Hemlock – Residency

37th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Hemlock
Hemlock Confirmed in the catalog @5001
Jul 18 – Oct 2, 2021 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jul – Oct 2021

121 m
Deepest dive
3:44
Longest dive
46
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
75

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 18, 2021158 m11.6°C51 m
Aug 2, 2021173 m13.4°C101 m
Sep 14, 202159 m10.8°C26 m
Oct 2, 2021180 m10.6°C121 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 18, 2021 — seafloor 158 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Jul 18Aug 2, 2021 — seafloor 173 m (measured), deepest dive 101 m (modelled)Aug 2Sep 14, 2021 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Sep 14Oct 2, 2021 — seafloor 180 m (measured), deepest dive 121 m (modelled)Oct 2

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

Dives

121 m
Deepest dive
3:44
Longest dive
46
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
75
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150121 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (180 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 · Oct 2, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
180 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.6°C
Distance from shore
10.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
59 m – 180 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.6°C – 13.4°C
Distance from shore
3.0 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 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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