Nova – Residency
15th sighting in Salish Sea
Nova @15616
Jun 15 – Jul 23, 2026 · Salish Sea
Herring Shelf Summer
Weeks of green water, good company, and the herring kept coming.
113 m
Deepest dive
4:27
Longest dive
52
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 38
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2026 | 240 m | 16.0°C | 43 m |
| Jun 24, 2026 | 143 m | 15.5°C | 36 m |
| Jul 21, 2026 | 179 m | 19.2°C | 35 m |
| Jul 21, 2026 | 166 m | 19.2°C | 113 m |
| Jul 22, 2026 | 131 m | 19.4°C | 78 m |
| Jul 23, 2026 | 17 m | 18.8°C | 15 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
113 m
Deepest dive
4:27
Longest dive
52
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
38
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 (166 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 21, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 166 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 19.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 17 m – 240 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.5°C – 19.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 10.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.