Scratchy – Residency
116th sighting in Salish SeaScratchy @14382
Jul 5 – Oct 1, 2026 · Salish Sea
Herring-Silver July
Whole month here, whole belly, whole reason I don't leave.
134 m
Deepest dive
4:16
Longest dive
102
Dives
- Sightings
- 8
- Days between first and last sighting
- 88
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 2026 | 63 m | 16.0°C | 55 m |
| Jul 6, 2026 | 16 m | 16.7°C | 15 m |
| Jul 8, 2026 | 153 m | 16.9°C | 103 m |
| Jul 12, 2026 | 99 m | 14.2°C | 52 m |
| Jul 17, 2026 | 202 m | 14.9°C | 62 m |
| Jul 20, 2026 | 194 m | 15.8°C | 88 m |
| Sep 11, 2026 | 203 m | 15.7°C | 77 m |
| Oct 1, 2026 | 259 m | 14.0°C | 134 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
134 m
Deepest dive
4:16
Longest dive
102
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
88
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 (259 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Oct 1, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 259 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 8.0 km
Across the residency · 8 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 16 m – 259 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.0°C – 16.9°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 8.0 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.