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Salish Sea

NEKIXI¸ḴEN – Residency

7th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of NEKIXI¸ḴEN
NEKIXI¸ḴEN Confirmed in the catalog @73888
Jul 26 – Aug 19, 2025 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jul – Aug 2025

120 m
Deepest dive
3:29
Longest dive
30
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
24

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 26, 2025139 m15.2°C120 m
Aug 19, 2025164 m14.8°C72 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 26, 2025 — seafloor 139 m (measured), deepest dive 120 m (modelled)Jul 26Aug 19, 2025 — seafloor 164 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Aug 19

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

Dives

120 m
Deepest dive
3:29
Longest dive
30
Dives
30 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
24
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150120 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (139 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 26, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
139 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.2°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
139 m – 164 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.8°C – 15.2°C
Distance from shore
5.0 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 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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