Tempest – Residency
18th sighting in Salish Sea
Tempest @11046
Aug 6 – 16, 2026 · Salish Sea
Deep Green August
This inland water still knows me on sight.
79 m
Deepest dive
2:43
Longest dive
34
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 10
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | 144 m | 15.1°C | 79 m |
| Aug 16, 2026 | 133 m | 16.4°C | 47 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
79 m
Deepest dive
2:43
Longest dive
34
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
10
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 (144 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 6, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 144 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 133 m – 144 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.1°C – 16.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km – 5.0 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.