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Salish Sea

Stitch – Residency

136th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Stitch
Stitch Confirmed in the catalog @7102
Jun 19 – Aug 13, 2026 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea, Every Summer

Mid-summer here, spotted so often I'm basically part of the scenery.

144 m
Deepest dive
4:51
Longest dive
118
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
55

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 19, 2026178 m15.4°C144 m
Jun 24, 202694 m16.3°C20 m
Jul 19, 2026101 m13.8°C69 m
Jul 26, 202688 m15.6°C65 m
Jul 28, 2026107 m15.5°C54 m
Jul 29, 2026107 m15.5°C87 m
Jul 31, 202629 m15.9°C24 m
Aug 13, 2026107 m15.8°C87 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 19, 2026 — seafloor 178 m (measured), deepest dive 144 m (modelled)Jun 19Jun 24, 2026 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Jun 24Jul 19, 2026 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Jul 19Jul 26, 2026 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Jul 26Jul 28, 2026 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Jul 28Jul 29, 2026 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Jul 29Jul 31, 2026 — seafloor 29 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Jul 31Aug 13, 2026 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Aug 13

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

Dives

144 m
Deepest dive
4:51
Longest dive
118
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
55
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150144 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (178 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 · Jun 19, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
178 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.4°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
29 m – 178 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.8°C – 16.3°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 13.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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