Aerie – Residency
95th sighting in Salish Sea
Aerie @14386
Aug 8 – Sep 19, 2026 · Salish Sea
August in the Seams
Tide lines loaded with fish, my headlands, my whole month.
123 m
Deepest dive
4:20
Longest dive
92
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 42
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 2026 | 41 m | 15.4°C | 38 m |
| Aug 13, 2026 | 107 m | 15.8°C | 85 m |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 111 m | 14.9°C | 60 m |
| Sep 18, 2026 | 107 m | 15.6°C | 96 m |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 135 m | 15.7°C | 123 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
123 m
Deepest dive
4:20
Longest dive
92
Dives
31 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
42
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 (135 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Sep 19, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 135 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 41 m – 135 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.9°C – 15.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 13.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.