Valiant – Residency
55th sighting in Salish Sea
Valiant @11008
Jul 20 – Sep 8, 2025 · Salish Sea
Salish Sea · Jul – Sep 2025
155 m
Deepest dive
5:56
Longest dive
24
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 50
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 2025 | 171 m | 14.1°C | 34 m |
| Sep 8, 2025 | 353 m | 16.9°C | 155 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
155 m
Deepest dive
5:56
Longest dive
24
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
50
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 (353 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Sep 8, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 353 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.9°C
- Distance from shore
- 12.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 171 m – 353 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.1°C – 16.9°C
- Distance from shore
- 6.0 km – 12.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.