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Salish Sea

Galaxia – Residency

3rd sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Galaxia
Galaxia Confirmed in the catalog @95919
May 13 – Jul 13, 2023 · Salish Sea

Salish Sea · May – Jul 2023

134 m
Deepest dive
4:09
Longest dive
28
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
62

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 13, 2023282 m—134 m
Jun 13, 2023103 m—87 m
Jul 13, 202395 m—55 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 13, 2023 — seafloor 282 m (measured), deepest dive 134 m (modelled)May 13Jun 13, 2023 — seafloor 103 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Jun 13Jul 13, 2023 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Jul 13

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

Dives

134 m
Deepest dive
4:09
Longest dive
28
Dives
40 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
62
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150134 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (282 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 · May 13, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
282 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
95 m – 282 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 11.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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