Cirque – Residency
29th sighting in Salish Sea
Cirque @10864
Jun 15 – Aug 23, 2026 · Salish Sea
Herring-thick and home
These green channels know my hands better than I know my mother's face.
139 m
Deepest dive
4:48
Longest dive
44
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 69
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2026 | 141 m | 15.8°C | 105 m |
| Jul 9, 2026 | 145 m | 16.6°C | 75 m |
| Jul 21, 2026 | 166 m | 19.2°C | 89 m |
| Aug 23, 2026 | 200 m | 14.7°C | 139 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
139 m
Deepest dive
4:48
Longest dive
44
Dives
38 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
69
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 (200 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 23, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 200 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 6.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 141 m – 200 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.7°C – 19.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 8.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.