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Salish Sea

Kelpie – Residency

2nd sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Kelpie
Kelpie Confirmed in the catalog @73867
Jun 12 – Jul 9, 2021 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jun – Jul 2021

53 m
Deepest dive
2:19
Longest dive
10
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
27

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 12, 2021225 m—53 m
Jul 9, 202117 m—13 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 12, 2021 — seafloor 225 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jun 12Jul 9, 2021 — seafloor 17 m (measured), deepest dive 13 m (modelled)Jul 9

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

Dives

53 m
Deepest dive
2:19
Longest dive
10
Dives
12 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
27
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010053 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (225 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 · Jun 12, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
225 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
17 m – 225 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 4.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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