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Salish Sea

MJ – Residency

12th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of MJ
MJ Confirmed in the catalog @7234
Sep 3 – Oct 11, 2026 · Salish Sea

Herring Season, Home Waters

These green channels know my tail better than I do.

125 m
Deepest dive
5:36
Longest dive
72
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
38
Deepest dive on record
125 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 3, 202687 m—37 m
Sep 4, 2026195 m—84 m
Sep 5, 2026109 m—48 m
Sep 7, 202690 m—67 m
Sep 21, 2026161 m—76 m
Sep 22, 2026135 m—68 m
Oct 11, 2026158 m—125 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, 2026 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Sep 3Sep 4, 2026 — seafloor 195 m (measured), deepest dive 84 m (modelled)Sep 4Sep 5, 2026 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Sep 5Sep 7, 2026 — seafloor 90 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Sep 7Sep 21, 2026 — seafloor 161 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Sep 21Sep 22, 2026 — seafloor 135 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Sep 22Oct 11, 2026 — seafloor 158 m (measured), deepest dive 125 m (modelled)Oct 11

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

Dives

125 m
Deepest dive
5:36
Longest dive
72
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
38
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150125 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (158 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 11, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
158 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
87 m – 195 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 9.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 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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