Sandstorm – Residency
30th sighting in Salish Sea
Sandstorm @24002
Jun 2 – Aug 1, 2025 · Salish Sea
Salish Sea · Jun – Aug 2025
155 m
Deepest dive
4:47
Longest dive
107
Dives
- Sightings
- 7
- Days between first and last sighting
- 59
- Deepest dive on record
- 155 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 2, 2025 | 142 m | 10.9°C | 97 m |
| Jun 2, 2025 | 64 m | 10.7°C | 56 m |
| Jun 22, 2025 | 151 m | 13.5°C | 84 m |
| Jun 24, 2025 | 66 m | 12.6°C | 43 m |
| Jul 9, 2025 | 178 m | 12.6°C | 155 m |
| Jul 27, 2025 | 132 m | 14.9°C | 49 m |
| Aug 1, 2025 | 37 m | — | 32 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
155 m
Deepest dive
4:47
Longest dive
107
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
59
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 (178 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 9, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 178 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km
Across the residency · 7 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 37 m – 178 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 10.7°C – 14.9°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 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.