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Salish Sea

Raptor – Residency

29th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Raptor
Raptor Confirmed in the catalog @7009
Jul 28 – Nov 26, 2021 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jul – Nov 2021

134 m
Deepest dive
5:23
Longest dive
86
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
121

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 28, 202182 m14.0°C37 m
Aug 10, 2021184 m19.0°C58 m
Aug 10, 2021192 m18.1°C76 m
Aug 28, 2021169 m17.4°C134 m
Oct 30, 2021126 m10.5°C55 m
Nov 23, 2021218 m9.8°C132 m
Nov 26, 202159 m8.8°C46 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 28, 2021 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Jul 28Aug 10, 2021 — seafloor 184 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Aug 10Aug 10, 2021 — seafloor 192 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Aug 10Aug 28, 2021 — seafloor 169 m (measured), deepest dive 134 m (modelled)Aug 28Oct 30, 2021 — seafloor 126 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Oct 30Nov 23, 2021 — seafloor 218 m (measured), deepest dive 132 m (modelled)Nov 23Nov 26, 2021 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Nov 26

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

Dives

134 m
Deepest dive
5:23
Longest dive
86
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
121
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150134 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (169 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 28, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
169 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.4°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
59 m – 218 m
Sea-surface temperature
8.8°C – 19.0°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 8.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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