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Salish Sea

Lunar – Residency

16th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Lunar
Lunar Confirmed in the catalog @7211
Jul 25 – Sep 22, 2020 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jul – Sep 2020

115 m
Deepest dive
3:53
Longest dive
46
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
59

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 25, 2020191 m15.8°C100 m
Jul 27, 2020148 m19.8°C70 m
Aug 15, 2020237 m18.8°C52 m
Sep 4, 2020306 m17.5°C71 m
Sep 22, 2020131 m14.2°C115 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 25, 2020 — seafloor 191 m (measured), deepest dive 100 m (modelled)Jul 25Jul 27, 2020 — seafloor 148 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Jul 27Aug 15, 2020 — seafloor 237 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Aug 15Sep 4, 2020 — seafloor 306 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Sep 4Sep 22, 2020 — seafloor 131 m (measured), deepest dive 115 m (modelled)Sep 22

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

Dives

115 m
Deepest dive
3:53
Longest dive
46
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
59
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150115 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (131 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 22, 2020

measured
Seafloor depth
131 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.2°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
131 m – 306 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.2°C – 19.8°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 14.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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