Commander – Residency
8th sighting in Salish Sea
Commander @125579
Jun 24 – Sep 15, 2026 · Salish Sea
Green Water Season
Cold water, full company, Salish Sea doing exactly what it does best.
234 m
Deepest dive
8:46
Longest dive
66
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 83
- Deepest dive on record
- 234 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 2026 | 111 m | 15.6°C | 21 m |
| Jul 19, 2026 | 325 m | 15.1°C | 234 m |
| Jul 21, 2026 | 14 m | 18.0°C | 12 m |
| Aug 16, 2026 | 132 m | 16.3°C | 55 m |
| Aug 23, 2026 | 206 m | 14.7°C | 177 m |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 180 m | — | 108 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
234 m
Deepest dive
8:46
Longest dive
66
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
83
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 (325 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 19, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 325 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 14 m – 325 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.7°C – 18.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 7.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.