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Salish Sea

Ghost – Residency

20th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Ghost
Ghost Confirmed in the catalog @6553
Aug 18 – Nov 29, 2019 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Aug – Nov 2019

111 m
Deepest dive
4:39
Longest dive
100
Dives
Sightings
10
Days between first and last sighting
103

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 18, 2019167 m12.4°C69 m
Aug 19, 2019170 m12.4°C51 m
Aug 21, 2019193 m12.6°C111 m
Sep 15, 2019174 m10.6°C34 m
Sep 22, 2019118 m14.6°C29 m
Sep 29, 2019174 m10.9°C36 m
Oct 14, 2019158 m10.0°C72 m
Oct 26, 201987 m9.7°C56 m
Oct 31, 201991 m9.8°C73 m
Nov 29, 201954 m8.6°C27 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 18, 2019 — seafloor 167 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Aug 18Aug 19, 2019 — seafloor 170 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Aug 19Aug 21, 2019 — seafloor 193 m (measured), deepest dive 111 m (modelled)Aug 21Sep 15, 2019 — seafloor 174 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Sep 15Sep 22, 2019 — seafloor 118 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Sep 22Sep 29, 2019 — seafloor 174 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Sep 29Oct 14, 2019 — seafloor 158 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Oct 14Oct 26, 2019 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Oct 26Oct 31, 2019 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Oct 31Nov 29, 2019 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Nov 29

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

Dives

111 m
Deepest dive
4:39
Longest dive
100
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
10
Sightings
103
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150111 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (193 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 21, 2019

measured
Seafloor depth
193 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.6°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 10 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
54 m – 193 m
Sea-surface temperature
8.6°C – 14.6°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 7.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 10 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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