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Salish Sea

Stitch – Residency

33rd sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Stitch
Stitch Confirmed in the catalog @7102
Apr 29 – Oct 13, 2018 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Apr – Oct 2018

145 m
Deepest dive
5:05
Longest dive
182
Dives
Sightings
10
Days between first and last sighting
167

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 29, 201849 m9.7°C30 m
Jul 8, 201875 m12.9°C66 m
Jul 11, 201849 m12.4°C21 m
Jul 20, 201876 m11.8°C58 m
Aug 2, 201851 m12.1°C43 m
Aug 3, 201893 m12.2°C83 m
Aug 14, 2018144 m12.2°C34 m
Sep 14, 2018190 m9.8°C145 m
Oct 4, 2018121 m10.8°C59 m
Oct 13, 2018305 m11.1°C50 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 29, 2018 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Apr 29Jul 8, 2018 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Jul 8Jul 11, 2018 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Jul 11Jul 20, 2018 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Jul 20Aug 2, 2018 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Aug 2Aug 3, 2018 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 83 m (modelled)Aug 3Aug 14, 2018 — seafloor 144 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Aug 14Sep 14, 2018 — seafloor 190 m (measured), deepest dive 145 m (modelled)Sep 14Oct 4, 2018 — seafloor 121 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Oct 4Oct 13, 2018 — seafloor 305 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Oct 13

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

Dives

145 m
Deepest dive
5:05
Longest dive
182
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
10
Sightings
167
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150145 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (190 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 · Sep 14, 2018

measured
Seafloor depth
190 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.8°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 10 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
49 m – 305 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.7°C – 12.9°C
Distance from shore
2.0 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 10 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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