Galaxy – Residency
8th sighting in Lynn Canal & Stephens Passage
Galaxy @27049
May 19 – 27, 2026 · Lynn Canal & Stephens Passage
New Water, Old Fin
Years on record, and Chatham Strait finally got a good look at me.
62 m
Deepest dive
2:36
Longest dive
124
Dives
- Sightings
- 9
- Days between first and last sighting
- 9
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2026 | 72 m | 7.9°C | 60 m |
| May 20, 2026 | 342 m | 8.2°C | 54 m |
| May 21, 2026 | 90 m | 7.8°C | 39 m |
| May 22, 2026 | 109 m | 7.8°C | 42 m |
| May 23, 2026 | 89 m | 7.6°C | 62 m |
| May 24, 2026 | 69 m | 7.8°C | 59 m |
| May 25, 2026 | 57 m | 7.5°C | 45 m |
| May 26, 2026 | 104 m | 7.4°C | 51 m |
| May 27, 2026 | 115 m | 8.2°C | 36 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
62 m
Deepest dive
2:36
Longest dive
124
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
9
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 (89 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · May 23, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 89 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 7.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km
Across the residency · 9 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 57 m – 342 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 7.4°C – 8.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 5.0 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.