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Salish Sea

Seltzer – Residency

10th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Seltzer
Seltzer Confirmed in the catalog @72191
Jul 10 – 27, 2023 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jul 2023

85 m
Deepest dive
4:23
Longest dive
37
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
17

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 10, 2023107 m11.6°C80 m
Jul 26, 202379 m12.2°C49 m
Jul 27, 2023138 m12.4°C85 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 10, 2023 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Jul 10Jul 26, 2023 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jul 26Jul 27, 2023 — seafloor 138 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Jul 27

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

Dives

85 m
Deepest dive
4:23
Longest dive
37
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
17
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010085 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (138 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 27, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
138 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.4°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
79 m – 138 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.6°C – 12.4°C
Distance from shore
5.0 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 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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