SEAK-5606 – Residency
8th sighting in Chatham Strait
SEAK-5606 @33132
May 28 – Sep 6, 2026 · Chatham Strait
Chatham Strait, Every Season
Herring running thick, whales everywhere, and me right in the middle of it.
60 m
Deepest dive
2:47
Longest dive
43
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 100
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2026 | 65 m | 8.2°C | 57 m |
| Jun 12, 2026 | 178 m | 9.7°C | 60 m |
| Jun 12, 2026 | 88 m | 9.7°C | 54 m |
| Sep 6, 2026 | 334 m | 13.4°C | 56 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
60 m
Deepest dive
2:47
Longest dive
43
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
100
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 (178 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jun 12, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 178 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 9.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 65 m – 334 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 8.2°C – 13.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 3.0 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.