Spindrift – Residency
41st sighting in Salish Sea
Spindrift @27022
Aug 3 – Sep 27, 2025 · Salish Sea
Salish Sea · Aug – Sep 2025
145 m
Deepest dive
4:57
Longest dive
22
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 55
- Deepest dive on record
- 145 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2025 | 170 m | 17.7°C | 109 m |
| Aug 3, 2025 | 164 m | 17.6°C | 145 m |
| Aug 24, 2025 | 184 m | 15.2°C | 54 m |
| Sep 27, 2025 | 41 m | 14.1°C | 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
145 m
Deepest dive
4:57
Longest dive
22
Dives
31 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
55
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 (164 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 3, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 164 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 17.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 41 m – 184 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.1°C – 17.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 10.0 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.