2026 calf of Ghost – Residency
7th sighting in Salish Sea
2026 calf of Ghost @160466
Jun 17 – Aug 21, 2026 · Salish Sea
Whole Summer in the Strait
Mom's shadow got me through every single one of these long green days.
109 m
Deepest dive
4:09
Longest dive
65
Dives
- Sightings
- 7
- Days between first and last sighting
- 65
- Deepest dive on record
- 109 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2026 | 138 m | 16.3°C | 109 m |
| Jun 18, 2026 | 161 m | 15.8°C | 62 m |
| Jun 19, 2026 | 93 m | 15.8°C | 53 m |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 85 m | 15.8°C | 64 m |
| Jun 21, 2026 | 117 m | 15.8°C | 51 m |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 63 m | 13.4°C | 35 m |
| Aug 21, 2026 | 208 m | 15.0°C | 43 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
109 m
Deepest dive
4:09
Longest dive
65
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
65
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 (138 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jun 17, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 138 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 8.0 km
Across the residency · 7 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 63 m – 208 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.4°C – 16.3°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 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.