Spindrift – Residency
45th sighting in Salish Sea
Spindrift @27022
Sep 21 – Oct 12, 2026 · Salish Sea
Autumn on Home Water
Herring running thick, company close, and this sea feels entirely mine.
81 m
Deepest dive
3:14
Longest dive
28
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 21
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2026 | 161 m | 15.1°C | 54 m |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 135 m | 14.8°C | 50 m |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 173 m | 14.9°C | 80 m |
| Oct 12, 2026 | 173 m | 10.5°C | 81 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
81 m
Deepest dive
3:14
Longest dive
28
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
21
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 (173 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Oct 12, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 173 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 10.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 135 m – 173 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 10.5°C – 15.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km – 9.0 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.