Valiant – Residency
59th sighting in Salish Sea
Valiant @11008
May 24 – Sep 14, 2026 · Salish Sea
Green Water, Old Ground
Herring's running thick and this corridor still knows my name.
220 m
Deepest dive
9:29
Longest dive
33
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 112
- Deepest dive on record
- 220 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 24, 2026 | 328 m | 15.1°C | 134 m |
| Jul 14, 2026 | 286 m | 15.6°C | 189 m |
| Sep 8, 2026 | 381 m | 16.3°C | 57 m |
| Sep 14, 2026 | 293 m | 15.1°C | 220 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
220 m
Deepest dive
9:29
Longest dive
33
Dives
46 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
112
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 (293 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Sep 14, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 293 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 13.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 286 m – 381 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.1°C – 16.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 6.0 km – 14.0 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.