Maria del Mar – Residency
22nd sighting in Lynn Canal & Stephens Passage
Maria del Mar @122881
May 7 – 28, 2026 · Lynn Canal & Stephens Passage
Green Water, Good Company
Herring thick, whales everywhere, this channel just gets me.
73 m
Deepest dive
3:22
Longest dive
66
Dives
- Sightings
- 8
- Days between first and last sighting
- 21
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2026 | 65 m | 7.5°C | 45 m |
| May 22, 2026 | 107 m | 7.8°C | 28 m |
| May 23, 2026 | 75 m | 7.7°C | 55 m |
| May 24, 2026 | 69 m | 7.8°C | 59 m |
| May 25, 2026 | 96 m | 7.5°C | 49 m |
| May 26, 2026 | 93 m | 7.4°C | 73 m |
| May 27, 2026 | 74 m | 8.2°C | 54 m |
| May 28, 2026 | 53 m | 8.2°C | 37 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
73 m
Deepest dive
3:22
Longest dive
66
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
21
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 (93 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · May 26, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 93 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 7.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km
Across the residency · 8 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 53 m – 107 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 7.4°C – 8.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 2.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.