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Salish Sea

Abyss – Residency

13th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Abyss
Abyss Confirmed in the catalog @56075
Jul 11 – 23, 2025 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jul 2025

103 m
Deepest dive
3:10
Longest dive
15
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
12

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 11, 2025144 m16.4°C40 m
Jul 23, 2025124 m14.2°C103 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 11, 2025 — seafloor 144 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Jul 11Jul 23, 2025 — seafloor 124 m (measured), deepest dive 103 m (modelled)Jul 23

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

Dives

103 m
Deepest dive
3:10
Longest dive
15
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
12
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150103 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (124 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 · Jul 23, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
124 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.2°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
124 m – 144 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.2°C – 16.4°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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