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Salish Sea

Raccoon – Residency

20th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Raccoon
Raccoon Confirmed in the catalog @7218
Sep 10 – 16, 2023 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Sep 2023

122 m
Deepest dive
4:42
Longest dive
39
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
5

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 10, 2023391 m—79 m
Sep 16, 2023276 m—122 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Sep 10, 2023 — seafloor 391 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Sep 10Sep 16, 2023 — seafloor 276 m (measured), deepest dive 122 m (modelled)Sep 16

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

Dives

122 m
Deepest dive
4:42
Longest dive
39
Dives
32 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
5
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150122 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (276 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 16, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
276 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
276 m – 391 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
6.0 km – 10.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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