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Salish Sea

Hammer – Residency

63rd sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Hammer
Hammer Confirmed in the catalog @53213
Jul 9 – Oct 13, 2024 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jul – Oct 2024

139 m
Deepest dive
5:52
Longest dive
347
Dives
Sightings
29
Days between first and last sighting
96
Deepest dive on record
139 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 9, 2024103 m12.8°C72 m
Jul 11, 2024170 m12.5°C103 m
Jul 13, 2024199 m11.8°C75 m
Jul 20, 2024172 m13.2°C139 m
Jul 28, 202478 m11.4°C60 m
Aug 28, 202489 m14.3°C56 m
Aug 28, 2024105 m14.3°C84 m
Aug 29, 202450 m16.4°C39 m
Aug 30, 202458 m16.9°C38 m
Sep 1, 202447 m17.3°C39 m
Sep 2, 202487 m17.4°C79 m
Sep 5, 202449 m18.4°C42 m
Sep 7, 202418 m18.4°C15 m
Sep 8, 202419 m18.0°C16 m
Sep 8, 2024189 m18.0°C49 m
Sep 8, 2024196 m18.0°C80 m
Sep 8, 202441 m18.0°C37 m
Sep 8, 2024145 m18.0°C86 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 9, 2024 — seafloor 103 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Jul 9Jul 11, 2024 — seafloor 170 m (measured), deepest dive 103 m (modelled)Jul 13, 2024 — seafloor 199 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Jul 20, 2024 — seafloor 172 m (measured), deepest dive 139 m (modelled)Jul 28, 2024 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Aug 28, 2024 — seafloor 89 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Aug 28Aug 28, 2024 — seafloor 105 m (measured), deepest dive 84 m (modelled)Aug 29, 2024 — seafloor 50 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Aug 30, 2024 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Sep 1, 2024 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Sep 2, 2024 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Sep 2Sep 5, 2024 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Sep 7, 2024 — seafloor 18 m (measured), deepest dive 15 m (modelled)Sep 8, 2024 — seafloor 19 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)Sep 8, 2024 — seafloor 189 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Sep 8, 2024 — seafloor 196 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Sep 8Sep 8, 2024 — seafloor 41 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Sep 8, 2024 — seafloor 145 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)Sep 15, 2024 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Sep 16, 2024 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Sep 23, 2024 — seafloor 41 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Sep 23Sep 28, 2024 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Sep 29, 2024 — seafloor 130 m (measured), deepest dive 93 m (modelled)Oct 1, 2024 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Oct 4, 2024 — seafloor 38 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Oct 5, 2024 — seafloor 126 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Oct 5Oct 9, 2024 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Oct 9, 2024 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Oct 13, 2024 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)

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

Dives

139 m
Deepest dive
5:52
Longest dive
347
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
29
Sightings
96
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150139 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (172 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 20, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
172 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.2°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 29 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
18 m – 199 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.3°C – 18.4°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 8.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 29 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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