SEAK-5214 – Residency
12th sighting in Chatham Strait
SEAK-5214 @10965
May 6 – Jun 29, 2026 · Chatham Strait
Chatham Strait, Right on Cue
Ice-fed water again this early summer, and I'm hugging every inch of shoreline.
74 m
Deepest dive
2:41
Longest dive
18
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 54
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2026 | 400 m | 7.4°C | 67 m |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 200 m | 11.8°C | 74 m |
| Jun 29, 2026 | 182 m | 11.8°C | 33 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
74 m
Deepest dive
2:41
Longest dive
18
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
54
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 · Jun 27, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 200 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 182 m – 400 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 7.4°C – 11.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 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.