Vader – Residency
2nd sighting in Lynn Canal & Stephens Passage
Vader @13340
May 21 – Jun 6, 2026 · Lynn Canal & Stephens Passage
Cold Water, Full Table
Icy Strait again thick with feed—two decades of showing up pays off.
60 m
Deepest dive
2:17
Longest dive
28
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 16
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2026 | 53 m | 7.8°C | 44 m |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 72 m | 9.7°C | 60 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
60 m
Deepest dive
2:17
Longest dive
28
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
16
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 (72 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jun 6, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 72 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 9.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 53 m – 72 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 7.8°C – 9.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 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.