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Salish Sea

Geometry – Residency

21st sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Geometry
Geometry Confirmed in the catalog @5448
Jul 26 – Sep 11, 2024 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jul – Sep 2024

137 m
Deepest dive
4:43
Longest dive
23
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
48
Deepest dive on record
137 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 26, 2024508 m16.7°C93 m
Aug 24, 2024279 m17.6°C43 m
Sep 11, 2024346 m15.4°C137 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 26, 2024 — seafloor 508 m (measured), deepest dive 93 m (modelled)Jul 26Aug 24, 2024 — seafloor 279 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Aug 24Sep 11, 2024 — seafloor 346 m (measured), deepest dive 137 m (modelled)Sep 11

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

Dives

137 m
Deepest dive
4:43
Longest dive
23
Dives
40 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
48
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150137 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (346 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 · Sep 11, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
346 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.4°C
Distance from shore
10.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
279 m – 508 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.4°C – 17.6°C
Distance from shore
10.0 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 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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