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Salish Sea

Lunar – Residency

39th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Lunar
Lunar Confirmed in the catalog @7211
Jul 1 – Aug 10, 2024 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jul – Aug 2024

150 m
Deepest dive
5:54
Longest dive
50
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
40

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 1, 2024246 m17.6°C150 m
Jul 1, 2024336 m17.2°C95 m
Jul 25, 2024151 m16.1°C89 m
Jul 25, 2024175 m15.0°C85 m
Aug 9, 2024140 m19.0°C91 m
Aug 10, 2024346 m20.5°C53 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 1, 2024 — seafloor 246 m (measured), deepest dive 150 m (modelled)Jul 1Jul 1, 2024 — seafloor 336 m (measured), deepest dive 95 m (modelled)Jul 1Jul 25, 2024 — seafloor 151 m (measured), deepest dive 89 m (modelled)Jul 25Jul 25, 2024 — seafloor 175 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Jul 25Aug 9, 2024 — seafloor 140 m (measured), deepest dive 91 m (modelled)Aug 9Aug 10, 2024 — seafloor 346 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Aug 10

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

Dives

150 m
Deepest dive
5:54
Longest dive
50
Dives
35 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
40
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150150 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (246 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 · Jul 1, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
246 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.6°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
140 m – 346 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.0°C – 20.5°C
Distance from shore
1.0 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 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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