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Salish Sea

Dalmatian – Residency

46th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Dalmatian
Dalmatian Confirmed in the catalog @7140
Jun 7 – Oct 16, 2026 · Salish Sea

Green water, good company

Rolled into the channel again with friends I didn't count — home tastes like early summer.

138 m
Deepest dive
4:51
Longest dive
90
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
130

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 7, 2026351 m15.7°C131 m
Jun 21, 2026399 m17.0°C38 m
Jul 14, 2026286 m15.6°C98 m
Jul 22, 2026141 m19.4°C56 m
Sep 14, 2026132 m15.3°C72 m
Oct 16, 2026193 m13.1°C138 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 7, 2026 — seafloor 351 m (measured), deepest dive 131 m (modelled)Jun 7Jun 21, 2026 — seafloor 399 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Jun 21Jul 14, 2026 — seafloor 286 m (measured), deepest dive 98 m (modelled)Jul 14Jul 22, 2026 — seafloor 141 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jul 22Sep 14, 2026 — seafloor 132 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Sep 14Oct 16, 2026 — seafloor 193 m (measured), deepest dive 138 m (modelled)Oct 16

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

Dives

138 m
Deepest dive
4:51
Longest dive
90
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
130
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150138 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (193 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 · Oct 16, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
193 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.1°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
132 m – 399 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.1°C – 19.4°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km – 9.0 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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