Banya – Residency
8th sighting in Salish Sea
Banya @121570
May 9 – Sep 4, 2025 · Salish Sea
Salish Sea · May – Sep 2025
129 m
Deepest dive
4:53
Longest dive
82
Dives
- Sightings
- 7
- Days between first and last sighting
- 118
- Deepest dive on record
- 129 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 9, 2025 | 199 m | 11.5°C | 66 m |
| May 9, 2025 | 95 m | 11.5°C | 81 m |
| May 27, 2025 | 169 m | 11.3°C | 65 m |
| Jul 12, 2025 | 217 m | 18.9°C | 32 m |
| Aug 2, 2025 | 236 m | 20.0°C | 40 m |
| Aug 8, 2025 | 231 m | 14.6°C | 80 m |
| Sep 4, 2025 | 260 m | 16.2°C | 129 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
129 m
Deepest dive
4:53
Longest dive
82
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
118
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 (260 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Sep 4, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 260 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km
Across the residency · 7 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 95 m – 260 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.3°C – 20.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 14.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.