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Salish Sea

Seltzer – Residency

32nd sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Seltzer
Seltzer Confirmed in the catalog @72191
Jun 14 – Aug 20, 2025 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jun – Aug 2025

98 m
Deepest dive
4:29
Longest dive
121
Dives
Sightings
10
Days between first and last sighting
67

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 14, 2025157 m10.7°C19 m
Jun 17, 2025143 m11.8°C53 m
Jun 21, 2025120 m12.8°C94 m
Jun 28, 2025135 m10.3°C69 m
Jul 5, 2025107 m12.3°C86 m
Jul 6, 2025114 m11.9°C98 m
Jul 11, 2025144 m16.4°C76 m
Jul 16, 202594 m16.7°C83 m
Aug 5, 2025186 m15.3°C53 m
Aug 20, 202578 m14.8°C51 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 14, 2025 — seafloor 157 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Jun 14Jun 17, 2025 — seafloor 143 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jun 17Jun 21, 2025 — seafloor 120 m (measured), deepest dive 94 m (modelled)Jun 21Jun 28, 2025 — seafloor 135 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Jun 28Jul 5, 2025 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)Jul 5Jul 6, 2025 — seafloor 114 m (measured), deepest dive 98 m (modelled)Jul 6Jul 11, 2025 — seafloor 144 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Jul 11Jul 16, 2025 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 83 m (modelled)Jul 16Aug 5, 2025 — seafloor 186 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Aug 5Aug 20, 2025 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Aug 20

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

Dives

98 m
Deepest dive
4:29
Longest dive
121
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
10
Sightings
67
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010098 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (114 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 6, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
114 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.9°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 10 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
78 m – 186 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.3°C – 16.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 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 10 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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