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Lynn Canal & Stephens Passage

Helix – Residency

4th sighting in Lynn Canal & Stephens Passage
Fluke of Helix
Helix Confirmed in the catalog @83824
Jun 22 – Nov 2, 2021 · Lynn Canal & Stephens Passage

Lynn Canal & Stephens Passage · Jun – Nov 2021

71 m
Deepest dive
2:54
Longest dive
69
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
133

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 22, 202172 m10.5°C59 m
Jul 31, 2021122 m14.7°C45 m
Aug 19, 2021108 m12.8°C71 m
Aug 29, 2021105 m11.9°C65 m
Aug 31, 202177 m11.3°C57 m
Nov 2, 202168 m6.5°C26 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 22, 2021 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Jun 22Jul 31, 2021 — seafloor 122 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Jul 31Aug 19, 2021 — seafloor 108 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Aug 19Aug 29, 2021 — seafloor 105 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Aug 29Aug 31, 2021 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Aug 31Nov 2, 2021 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Nov 2

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

Dives

71 m
Deepest dive
2:54
Longest dive
69
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
133
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010071 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (108 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 19, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
108 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.8°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
68 m – 122 m
Sea-surface temperature
6.5°C – 14.7°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 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 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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