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Salish Sea

Astroboy – Residency

2nd sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Astroboy
Astroboy Confirmed in the catalog @73879
Dec 11, 2022 – Feb 23, 2023 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Dec 2022 – Feb 2023

38 m
Deepest dive
1:29
Longest dive
35
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
74

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Dec 11, 202215 m—13 m
Feb 23, 2023159 m—38 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Dec 11, 2022 — seafloor 15 m (measured), deepest dive 13 m (modelled)Dec 11Feb 23, 2023 — seafloor 159 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Feb 23

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

Dives

38 m
Deepest dive
1:29
Longest dive
35
Dives
16 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
74
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255038 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (159 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 · Feb 23, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
159 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
15 m – 159 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 2.0 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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