DBC – Residency
12th sighting in Chatham Strait
DBC @26677
Jun 18 – 26, 2026 · Chatham Strait
Green Water, Good Company
Surfaced in Chatham Strait again this June, plenty of company, plenty of krill.
138 m
Deepest dive
4:09
Longest dive
51
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 8
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2026 | 269 m | 10.0°C | 138 m |
| Jun 25, 2026 | 354 m | 11.8°C | 113 m |
| Jun 26, 2026 | 419 m | 11.9°C | 75 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
138 m
Deepest dive
4:09
Longest dive
51
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
8
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 (269 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jun 18, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 269 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 10.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 269 m – 419 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 10.0°C – 11.9°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 7.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.