2026 calf of Spotlight – Residency
5th sighting in Salish Sea
2026 calf of Spotlight @160517
Jun 21 – Aug 23, 2026 · Salish Sea
My Whole Green World
This channel just keeps giving me more bodies to bump into, more water to learn.
71 m
Deepest dive
3:41
Longest dive
50
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 63
- Deepest dive on record
- 71 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 21, 2026 | 82 m | 14.6°C | 71 m |
| Jun 23, 2026 | 236 m | 14.5°C | 64 m |
| Jul 19, 2026 | 134 m | 14.9°C | 46 m |
| Jul 30, 2026 | 80 m | 14.7°C | 69 m |
| Aug 23, 2026 | 134 m | 14.6°C | 36 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
71 m
Deepest dive
3:41
Longest dive
50
Dives
31 m
Avg dive depth
5
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 (82 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jun 21, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 82 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 80 m – 236 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.5°C – 14.9°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 6.0 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.