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Salish Sea

Niagara – Residency

3rd sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Niagara
Niagara Confirmed in the catalog @6489
Jul 26 – Aug 24, 2015 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jul – Aug 2015

59 m
Deepest dive
2:17
Longest dive
47
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
28

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 26, 201569 m12.5°C48 m
Aug 24, 201568 m14.7°C59 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, 2015 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Jul 26Aug 24, 2015 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Aug 24

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

Dives

59 m
Deepest dive
2:17
Longest dive
47
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
28
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010059 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (68 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 · Aug 24, 2015

measured
Seafloor depth
68 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.7°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
68 m – 69 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.5°C – 14.7°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 3.0 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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