Abyss – Residency
11th sighting in Salish Sea
Abyss @56075
Jul 31 – Sep 17, 2024 · Salish Sea
Salish Sea · Jul – Sep 2024
148 m
Deepest dive
4:35
Longest dive
86
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 48
- Deepest dive on record
- 148 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2024 | 107 m | 12.0°C | 60 m |
| Aug 10, 2024 | 283 m | 13.2°C | 148 m |
| Aug 24, 2024 | 273 m | 16.4°C | 74 m |
| Aug 28, 2024 | 335 m | 14.7°C | 64 m |
| Aug 29, 2024 | 326 m | 17.0°C | 36 m |
| Sep 17, 2024 | 249 m | 14.0°C | 79 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
148 m
Deepest dive
4:35
Longest dive
86
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
48
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 (283 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 10, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 283 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 107 m – 335 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.0°C – 17.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 12.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.