Lunar – Residency
33rd sighting in Salish Sea
Lunar @7211
Jul 16 – Nov 19, 2023 · Salish Sea
Salish Sea · Jul – Nov 2023
157 m
Deepest dive
5:50
Longest dive
93
Dives
- Sightings
- 7
- Days between first and last sighting
- 126
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 2023 | 178 m | 18.9°C | 30 m |
| Aug 28, 2023 | 322 m | 16.6°C | 157 m |
| Sep 23, 2023 | 42 m | 15.1°C | 28 m |
| Sep 23, 2023 | 137 m | 14.5°C | 60 m |
| Oct 15, 2023 | 390 m | 12.3°C | 112 m |
| Oct 30, 2023 | 197 m | 9.9°C | 129 m |
| Nov 19, 2023 | 83 m | 9.9°C | 63 m |
Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled
Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting
Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelledDepth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.
Dives
157 m
Deepest dive
5:50
Longest dive
93
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
126
Days first → last
Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (322 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 28, 2023
measured- Seafloor depth
- 322 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 7.0 km
Across the residency · 7 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 42 m – 390 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 9.9°C – 18.9°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 11.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.