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Salish Sea

Niagara – Residency

15th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Niagara
Niagara Confirmed in the catalog @6489
Nov 30 – Dec 2, 2018 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Nov – Dec 2018

141 m
Deepest dive
3:43
Longest dive
32
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
1

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Nov 30, 201849 m9.4°C26 m
Dec 2, 2018154 m9.1°C141 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Nov 30, 2018 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Nov 30Dec 2, 2018 — seafloor 154 m (measured), deepest dive 141 m (modelled)Dec 2

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

Dives

141 m
Deepest dive
3:43
Longest dive
32
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
1
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150141 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (154 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 · Dec 2, 2018

measured
Seafloor depth
154 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.1°C
Distance from shore
10.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
49 m – 154 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.1°C – 9.4°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 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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