Swiftsure – Residency
11th sighting in Salish Sea
Swiftsure @22400
Jul 31 – Aug 6, 2025 · Salish Sea
Salish Sea · Jul – Aug 2025
157 m
Deepest dive
5:06
Longest dive
94
Dives
- Sightings
- 7
- Days between first and last sighting
- 6
- Deepest dive on record
- 157 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2025 | 135 m | 17.7°C | 29 m |
| Aug 2, 2025 | 172 m | 18.0°C | 157 m |
| Aug 3, 2025 | 159 m | 17.7°C | 131 m |
| Aug 4, 2025 | 55 m | 17.0°C | 36 m |
| Aug 5, 2025 | 163 m | 15.2°C | 60 m |
| Aug 5, 2025 | 174 m | 15.3°C | 77 m |
| Aug 6, 2025 | 163 m | 14.6°C | 82 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
157 m
Deepest dive
5:06
Longest dive
94
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
6
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 (172 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 2, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 172 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 18.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km
Across the residency · 7 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 55 m – 174 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.6°C – 18.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km – 10.0 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.