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Salish Sea

Hecate – Residency

6th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Hecate
Hecate Confirmed in the catalog @535
Oct 22 – Dec 1, 2019 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Oct – Dec 2019

81 m
Deepest dive
2:46
Longest dive
16
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
40

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Oct 22, 2019110 m—81 m
Dec 1, 2019110 m—64 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Oct 22, 2019 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Oct 22Dec 1, 2019 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Dec 1

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

Dives

81 m
Deepest dive
2:46
Longest dive
16
Dives
31 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
40
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010081 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (110 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 22, 2019

measured
Seafloor depth
110 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
110 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
6.0 km – 7.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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