SEAK-5444 – Residency
6th sighting in Chatham Strait
SEAK-5444 @15177
May 31 – Jul 7, 2026 · Chatham Strait
Chatham Strait, Early Summer
Green water, thin light, this strait knows my fluke by heart.
141 m
Deepest dive
8:08
Longest dive
37
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 36
- Deepest dive on record
- 141 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2026 | 272 m | 8.5°C | 122 m |
| Jun 12, 2026 | 178 m | 9.7°C | 131 m |
| Jun 25, 2026 | 338 m | 11.8°C | 76 m |
| Jul 7, 2026 | 409 m | 12.2°C | 141 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
141 m
Deepest dive
8:08
Longest dive
37
Dives
46 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
36
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 (409 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 7, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 409 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 178 m – 409 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 8.5°C – 12.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 5.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.