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Salish Sea

Nick – Residency

25th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Nick
Nick Confirmed in the catalog @7582
Jul 22 – Sep 5, 2024 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea Summer

Found my rhythm in these familiar waters, lingering where the currents know me best.

153 m
Deepest dive
7:17
Longest dive
17
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
46
Deepest dive on record
153 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 22, 2024210 m16.7°C80 m
Sep 5, 2024258 m16.2°C153 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 22, 2024 — seafloor 210 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Jul 22Sep 5, 2024 — seafloor 258 m (measured), deepest dive 153 m (modelled)Sep 5

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

Dives

153 m
Deepest dive
7:17
Longest dive
17
Dives
33 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
46
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200153 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (258 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 · Sep 5, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
258 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.2°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
210 m – 258 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.2°C – 16.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 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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