Meqe' – Residency
41st sighting in Salish Sea
Meqe' @28530
Jun 17 – Nov 7, 2025 · Salish Sea
Salish Sea · Jun – Nov 2025
256 m
Deepest dive
7:33
Longest dive
121
Dives
- Sightings
- 9
- Days between first and last sighting
- 143
- Deepest dive on record
- 256 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2025 | 143 m | 11.8°C | 54 m |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 44 m | 18.6°C | 39 m |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 323 m | 18.3°C | 256 m |
| Aug 12, 2025 | 134 m | 15.4°C | 64 m |
| Aug 19, 2025 | 102 m | 14.9°C | 83 m |
| Aug 24, 2025 | 10 m | 15.3°C | 9 m |
| Aug 29, 2025 | 97 m | 16.4°C | 86 m |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 64 m | 11.0°C | 27 m |
| Nov 7, 2025 | 88 m | 10.2°C | 66 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
256 m
Deepest dive
7:33
Longest dive
121
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
143
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 (323 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 30, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 323 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 18.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km
Across the residency · 9 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 10 m – 323 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 10.2°C – 18.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 12.0 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.