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Salish Sea

Hemlock – Residency

40th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Hemlock
Hemlock Confirmed in the catalog @5001
Jul 18 – Aug 1, 2022 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jul – Aug 2022

131 m
Deepest dive
5:00
Longest dive
58
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
14

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 18, 2022141 m10.5°C109 m
Jul 31, 2022100 m13.6°C61 m
Aug 1, 2022161 m13.3°C131 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, 2022 — seafloor 141 m (measured), deepest dive 109 m (modelled)Jul 18Jul 31, 2022 — seafloor 100 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Jul 31Aug 1, 2022 — seafloor 161 m (measured), deepest dive 131 m (modelled)Aug 1

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

Dives

131 m
Deepest dive
5:00
Longest dive
58
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
14
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150131 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (161 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 · Aug 1, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
161 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.3°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
100 m – 161 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.5°C – 13.6°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km – 7.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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