Velvet – Residency
2nd sighting in Caamaño Sound & Gil Island
Velvet @68185
Aug 13 – Oct 19, 2008 · Caamaño Sound & Gil Island
Caamaño Sound & Gil Island · Aug – Oct 2008
169 m
Deepest dive
5:10
Longest dive
26
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 67
- Deepest dive on record
- 169 m · this residency
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2008 | 235 m | — | 169 m |
| Oct 19, 2008 | 298 m | — | 165 m |
Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled
Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting
Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelledDepth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.
Dives
169 m
Deepest dive
5:10
Longest dive
26
Dives
45 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
67
Days first → last
Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (235 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 13, 2008
measured- Seafloor depth
- 235 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 235 m – 298 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.