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Salish Sea

Nick – Residency

23rd sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Nick
Nick Confirmed in the catalog @7582
Aug 1 – Sep 9, 2023 · Salish Sea

August in the Salish

Found my rhythm in these familiar waters, surfacing when the mood struck.

102 m
Deepest dive
3:01
Longest dive
17
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
40

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 1, 202381 m18.5°C56 m
Aug 4, 2023245 m18.5°C102 m
Sep 9, 2023205 m14.2°C41 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 1, 2023 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Aug 1Aug 4, 2023 — seafloor 245 m (measured), deepest dive 102 m (modelled)Aug 4Sep 9, 2023 — seafloor 205 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Sep 9

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

Dives

102 m
Deepest dive
3:01
Longest dive
17
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
40
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150102 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (245 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 · Aug 4, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
245 m
Sea-surface temperature
18.5°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
81 m – 245 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.2°C – 18.5°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 6.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 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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