Lorax – Residency
18th sighting in Salish Sea
Lorax @11258
May 23 – Aug 17, 2025 · Salish Sea
Salish Sea · May – Aug 2025
65 m
Deepest dive
2:40
Longest dive
38
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 86
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 2025 | 18 m | 10.1°C | 15 m |
| May 23, 2025 | 70 m | 10.2°C | 50 m |
| Jul 26, 2025 | 68 m | 14.8°C | 53 m |
| Aug 17, 2025 | 158 m | 14.5°C | 65 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
65 m
Deepest dive
2:40
Longest dive
38
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
86
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 (158 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 17, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 158 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.5°C
- Distance from shore
- —
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 18 m – 158 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 10.1°C – 14.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 4.0 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.