Chinook – Residency
17th sighting in Salish Sea
Chinook @10999
May 30 – Sep 11, 2026 · Salish Sea
Back on the Tide Lines
Green water, familiar company, another summer of good feeding ahead.
116 m
Deepest dive
3:55
Longest dive
66
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 103
- Deepest dive on record
- 116 m · this residency
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 2026 | 32 m | 10.4°C | 27 m |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 175 m | 17.2°C | 116 m |
| Jul 22, 2026 | 111 m | 19.5°C | 78 m |
| Jul 30, 2026 | 80 m | 14.7°C | 61 m |
| Sep 11, 2026 | 113 m | — | 95 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
116 m
Deepest dive
3:55
Longest dive
66
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
103
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 (175 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jun 20, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 175 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 17.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 8.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 32 m – 175 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 10.4°C – 19.5°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 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.