Quote – Residency
26th sighting in Chatham Strait
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Jul 20 – Sep 21, 2026 · Chatham Strait
Chatham Strait, Herring Thick
Green water, full mouth, faces I know—this strait never gets old.
127 m
Deepest dive
4:03
Longest dive
32
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 63
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 2026 | 57 m | 12.7°C | 34 m |
| Jul 23, 2026 | 23 m | 13.2°C | 18 m |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 7 m | 10.9°C | 6 m |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 139 m | 11.9°C | 127 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
127 m
Deepest dive
4:03
Longest dive
32
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
63
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 (139 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Sep 21, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 139 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.9°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 7 m – 139 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 10.9°C – 13.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 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.