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Salish Sea

Hammer – Residency

15th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Hammer
Hammer Confirmed in the catalog @53213
Sep 28 – Nov 12, 2022 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Sep – Nov 2022

122 m
Deepest dive
4:21
Longest dive
173
Dives
Sightings
11
Days between first and last sighting
44

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 28, 2022133 m11.2°C45 m
Sep 29, 202225 m11.1°C23 m
Oct 6, 202229 m11.3°C25 m
Oct 7, 2022117 m11.2°C39 m
Oct 9, 2022136 m10.7°C69 m
Oct 11, 202255 m10.6°C39 m
Oct 13, 2022129 m10.7°C78 m
Oct 16, 2022183 m11.1°C122 m
Oct 22, 202256 m10.3°C51 m
Oct 28, 2022134 m9.6°C46 m
Nov 12, 202234 m9.1°C31 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Sep 28, 2022 — seafloor 133 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Sep 28Sep 29, 2022 — seafloor 25 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Sep 29Oct 6, 2022 — seafloor 29 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Oct 6Oct 7, 2022 — seafloor 117 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Oct 7Oct 9, 2022 — seafloor 136 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Oct 9Oct 11, 2022 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Oct 11Oct 13, 2022 — seafloor 129 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Oct 13Oct 16, 2022 — seafloor 183 m (measured), deepest dive 122 m (modelled)Oct 16Oct 22, 2022 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Oct 22Oct 28, 2022 — seafloor 134 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Oct 28Nov 12, 2022 — seafloor 34 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Nov 12

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

Dives

122 m
Deepest dive
4:21
Longest dive
173
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
11
Sightings
44
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150122 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (183 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 16, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
183 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.1°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 11 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
25 m – 183 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.1°C – 11.3°C
Distance from shore
1.0 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 11 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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