Hornet – Residency
56th sighting in Salish SeaHornet @3720
Aug 21 – Oct 16, 2026 · Salish Sea
August, Green and Deep
Cold channels, full water, exactly where I like August to be.
141 m
Deepest dive
5:22
Longest dive
112
Dives
- Sightings
- 9
- Days between first and last sighting
- 56
- Deepest dive on record
- 141 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 21, 2026 | 181 m | 14.9°C | 91 m |
| Aug 21, 2026 | 175 m | 14.9°C | 101 m |
| Aug 26, 2026 | 194 m | 14.5°C | 36 m |
| Aug 26, 2026 | 163 m | 14.3°C | 125 m |
| Sep 4, 2026 | 195 m | 15.2°C | 141 m |
| Sep 7, 2026 | 90 m | 15.4°C | 69 m |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 173 m | 14.9°C | 52 m |
| Oct 11, 2026 | 158 m | 10.2°C | 92 m |
| Oct 16, 2026 | 86 m | 11.9°C | 51 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
141 m
Deepest dive
5:22
Longest dive
112
Dives
30 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
56
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 (195 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Sep 4, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 195 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km
Across the residency · 9 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 86 m – 195 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 10.2°C – 15.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km – 10.0 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.