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Salish Sea

Ghost – Residency

34th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Ghost
Ghost Confirmed in the catalog @6553
Jul 6 – 20, 2023 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jul 2023

103 m
Deepest dive
4:18
Longest dive
70
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
14

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 6, 2023132 m11.0°C24 m
Jul 8, 2023167 m10.9°C103 m
Jul 9, 2023156 m11.2°C85 m
Jul 11, 202395 m11.9°C78 m
Jul 20, 2023255 m13.9°C92 m
Jul 20, 2023131 m15.4°C73 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 6, 2023 — seafloor 132 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Jul 6Jul 8, 2023 — seafloor 167 m (measured), deepest dive 103 m (modelled)Jul 8Jul 9, 2023 — seafloor 156 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Jul 9Jul 11, 2023 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Jul 11Jul 20, 2023 — seafloor 255 m (measured), deepest dive 92 m (modelled)Jul 20Jul 20, 2023 — seafloor 131 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Jul 20

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

Dives

103 m
Deepest dive
4:18
Longest dive
70
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
14
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150103 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (167 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 8, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
167 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.9°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
95 m – 255 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.9°C – 15.4°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 11.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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