BCY1486 – Residency
12th sighting in Salish Sea
BCY1486 @141141
Jun 24 – Sep 8, 2026 · Salish Sea
Herring-Bright and Crowded
Mid-summer in the tide-rips, backs everywhere I look — good company.
172 m
Deepest dive
5:20
Longest dive
67
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 76
- Deepest dive on record
- 172 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 | 52 m | 15.5°C | 34 m |
| Jul 6, 2026 | 101 m | 16.9°C | 64 m |
| Jul 19, 2026 | 246 m | 15.0°C | 121 m |
| Aug 3, 2026 | 157 m | 15.2°C | 144 m |
| Aug 10, 2026 | 336 m | 15.0°C | 48 m |
| Sep 8, 2026 | 644 m | — | 172 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
172 m
Deepest dive
5:20
Longest dive
67
Dives
33 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
76
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 (644 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Sep 8, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 644 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- —
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 52 m – 644 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.0°C – 16.9°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 8.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.