Orion's Solstice – Residency
20th sighting in Kenai Fjords & Resurrection BayOrion's Solstice @26988
Jun 20 – Jul 18, 2026 · Kenai Fjords & Resurrection Bay
Herring Season, My Bay
Weeks of fat feed and good company — this bay never shortchanges me.
75 m
Deepest dive
3:38
Longest dive
73
Dives
- Sightings
- 9
- Days between first and last sighting
- 28
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 2026 | 95 m | 8.5°C | 69 m |
| Jun 21, 2026 | 103 m | 8.7°C | 46 m |
| Jun 22, 2026 | 83 m | 9.1°C | 75 m |
| Jun 23, 2026 | 102 m | 9.8°C | 66 m |
| Jul 10, 2026 | 80 m | 11.3°C | 72 m |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 88 m | 11.5°C | 40 m |
| Jul 12, 2026 | 73 m | 12.0°C | 60 m |
| Jul 13, 2026 | 44 m | 12.2°C | 18 m |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 65 m | 11.5°C | 50 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
75 m
Deepest dive
3:38
Longest dive
73
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
28
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 (83 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jun 22, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 83 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 9.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km
Across the residency · 9 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 44 m – 103 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 8.5°C – 12.2°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 9 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.