Spotlight – Residency
17th sighting in Salish Sea
Spotlight @7585
Jul 4 – Aug 19, 2024 · Salish Sea
Salish Sea · Jul – Aug 2024
80 m
Deepest dive
2:53
Longest dive
15
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 46
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 2024 | 147 m | 15.8°C | 48 m |
| Aug 12, 2024 | 99 m | 19.1°C | 10 m |
| Aug 19, 2024 | 247 m | 17.9°C | 80 m |
Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled
Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting
Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelledDepth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.
Dives
80 m
Deepest dive
2:53
Longest dive
15
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
46
Days first → last
Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (247 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 19, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 247 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 17.9°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 99 m – 247 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.8°C – 19.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 3.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.