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Salish Sea

2022 calf of Kappa – Residency

15th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of 2022 calf of Kappa
2022 calf of Kappa Confirmed in the catalog @92034
Jun 29 – Aug 9, 2025 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · Jun – Aug 2025

135 m
Deepest dive
4:38
Longest dive
36
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
41
Deepest dive on record
135 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 29, 2025101 m10.5°C92 m
Jun 29, 2025132 m10.3°C66 m
Aug 8, 2025137 m14.5°C88 m
Aug 9, 2025271 m14.5°C135 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 29, 2025 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 92 m (modelled)Jun 29Jun 29, 2025 — seafloor 132 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Jun 29Aug 8, 2025 — seafloor 137 m (measured), deepest dive 88 m (modelled)Aug 8Aug 9, 2025 — seafloor 271 m (measured), deepest dive 135 m (modelled)Aug 9

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

Dives

135 m
Deepest dive
4:38
Longest dive
36
Dives
38 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
41
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150135 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (271 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 9, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
271 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.5°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
101 m – 271 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.3°C – 14.5°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km – 12.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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