Whiplash – Residency
10th sighting in Salish Sea
Whiplash @22537
Aug 5 – Sep 7, 2026 · Salish Sea
Herring o'clock
Two catches this August, both right where the bait balls up.
89 m
Deepest dive
4:08
Longest dive
29
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 33
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | 84 m | 14.5°C | 49 m |
| Aug 21, 2026 | 154 m | 14.9°C | 89 m |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 109 m | 15.2°C | 44 m |
| Sep 7, 2026 | 125 m | 15.4°C | 62 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
89 m
Deepest dive
4:08
Longest dive
29
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
33
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 (154 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 21, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 154 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.9°C
- Distance from shore
- 8.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 84 m – 154 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.5°C – 15.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 8.0 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.