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Salish Sea

Lyra – Residency

23rd sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Lyra
Lyra Confirmed in the catalog @7202
Aug 2 – 6, 2025 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Aug 2025

86 m
Deepest dive
3:41
Longest dive
27
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
4

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 2, 2025167 m17.9°C80 m
Aug 3, 2025164 m17.6°C86 m
Aug 6, 2025163 m14.6°C76 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 2, 2025 — seafloor 167 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Aug 2Aug 3, 2025 — seafloor 164 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)Aug 3Aug 6, 2025 — seafloor 163 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Aug 6

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

Dives

86 m
Deepest dive
3:41
Longest dive
27
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
4
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010086 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (164 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 3, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
164 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.6°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
163 m – 167 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.6°C – 17.9°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 5.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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