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Salish Sea

Astroboy – Residency

11th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Astroboy
Astroboy Confirmed in the catalog @73879
Jun 15 – Aug 16, 2026 · Salish Sea

Green Water Season

Herring stacked up, company all around, this cold water knows me well.

165 m
Deepest dive
4:45
Longest dive
74
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
62
Deepest dive on record
165 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 15, 2026240 m16.0°C77 m
Jun 20, 2026175 m17.2°C137 m
Jul 9, 2026113 m16.5°C39 m
Jul 24, 2026230 m17.6°C165 m
Aug 4, 2026128 m15.3°C108 m
Aug 5, 2026187 m15.4°C59 m
Aug 16, 2026343 m16.4°C86 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 15, 2026 — seafloor 240 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Jun 15Jun 20, 2026 — seafloor 175 m (measured), deepest dive 137 m (modelled)Jun 20Jul 9, 2026 — seafloor 113 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Jul 9Jul 24, 2026 — seafloor 230 m (measured), deepest dive 165 m (modelled)Jul 24Aug 4, 2026 — seafloor 128 m (measured), deepest dive 108 m (modelled)Aug 4Aug 5, 2026 — seafloor 187 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Aug 5Aug 16, 2026 — seafloor 343 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)Aug 16

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

Dives

165 m
Deepest dive
4:45
Longest dive
74
Dives
34 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
62
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200165 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (230 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 24, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
230 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.6°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
113 m – 343 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.3°C – 17.6°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 10.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 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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