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Salish Sea

Strike – Residency

24th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Strike
Strike Confirmed in the catalog @7245
Jul 2 – Aug 3, 2024 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jul – Aug 2024

134 m
Deepest dive
5:58
Longest dive
50
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
32

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 2, 2024341 m18.8°C132 m
Jul 14, 2024228 m19.1°C82 m
Jul 26, 2024329 m18.1°C54 m
Aug 2, 2024289 m19.0°C134 m
Aug 3, 2024403 m20.0°C38 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 2, 2024 — seafloor 341 m (measured), deepest dive 132 m (modelled)Jul 2Jul 14, 2024 — seafloor 228 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Jul 14Jul 26, 2024 — seafloor 329 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Jul 26Aug 2, 2024 — seafloor 289 m (measured), deepest dive 134 m (modelled)Aug 2Aug 3, 2024 — seafloor 403 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Aug 3

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

Dives

134 m
Deepest dive
5:58
Longest dive
50
Dives
34 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
32
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150134 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (289 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 · Aug 2, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
289 m
Sea-surface temperature
19.0°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
228 m – 403 m
Sea-surface temperature
18.1°C – 20.0°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km – 12.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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