Heather – Residency
60th sighting in Salish Sea
Heather @533
Jun 10 – Aug 28, 2020 · Salish Sea
Salish Sea · Jun – Aug 2020
146 m
Deepest dive
4:33
Longest dive
61
Dives
- Sightings
- 7
- Days between first and last sighting
- 79
- Deepest dive on record
- 146 m · this residency
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 2020 | 112 m | 11.3°C | 72 m |
| Jun 28, 2020 | 147 m | 13.5°C | 74 m |
| Jul 30, 2020 | 94 m | 17.5°C | 19 m |
| Aug 1, 2020 | 269 m | 17.3°C | 39 m |
| Aug 2, 2020 | 250 m | 16.8°C | 71 m |
| Aug 3, 2020 | 225 m | 16.8°C | 146 m |
| Aug 28, 2020 | 383 m | 16.7°C | 42 m |
Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled
Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting
Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelledDepth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.
Dives
146 m
Deepest dive
4:33
Longest dive
61
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
79
Days first → last
Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (225 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 3, 2020
measured- Seafloor depth
- 225 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 10.0 km
Across the residency · 7 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 94 m – 383 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.3°C – 17.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 11.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.