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Salish Sea

Heather – Residency

46th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Heather
Heather Confirmed in the catalog @533
Jul 18, 2018 – Jan 14, 2019 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jul 2018 – Jan 2019

97 m
Deepest dive
4:23
Longest dive
98
Dives
Sightings
9
Days between first and last sighting
179

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 18, 201812 m13.9°C11 m
Jul 22, 2018176 m11.7°C56 m
Aug 30, 2018164 m17.2°C97 m
Oct 9, 201872 m10.4°C55 m
Nov 24, 201881 m9.1°C43 m
Nov 30, 2018111 m9.3°C85 m
Dec 28, 2018170 m8.6°C77 m
Jan 1, 2019158 m8.9°C80 m
Jan 14, 2019170 m9.0°C70 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, 2018 — seafloor 12 m (measured), deepest dive 11 m (modelled)Jul 18Jul 22, 2018 — seafloor 176 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jul 22Aug 30, 2018 — seafloor 164 m (measured), deepest dive 97 m (modelled)Aug 30Oct 9, 2018 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Oct 9Nov 24, 2018 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Nov 24Nov 30, 2018 — seafloor 111 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Nov 30Dec 28, 2018 — seafloor 170 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Dec 28Jan 1, 2019 — seafloor 158 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Jan 1Jan 14, 2019 — seafloor 170 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Jan 14

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

Dives

97 m
Deepest dive
4:23
Longest dive
98
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
179
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010097 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (164 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

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Place

Where this happened · Aug 30, 2018

measured
Seafloor depth
164 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.2°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 9 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
12 m – 176 m
Sea-surface temperature
8.6°C – 17.2°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 9 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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