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Salish Sea

Raccoon – Residency

23rd sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Raccoon
Raccoon Confirmed in the catalog @7218
Sep 3 – Oct 26, 2024 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Sep – Oct 2024

87 m
Deepest dive
3:16
Longest dive
18
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
53

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 3, 2024163 m—20 m
Oct 24, 2024132 m—72 m
Oct 26, 2024142 m—87 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 3, 2024 — seafloor 163 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Sep 3Oct 24, 2024 — seafloor 132 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Oct 24Oct 26, 2024 — seafloor 142 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Oct 26

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

Dives

87 m
Deepest dive
3:16
Longest dive
18
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
53
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010087 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (142 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 · Oct 26, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
142 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
132 m – 163 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 5.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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