Barnacle Bill – Residency
10th sighting in Salish Sea
Barnacle Bill @3769
Sep 4 – 8, 2026 · Salish Sea
September in the Green Water
Kelp line, cool current, crowd of familiar fins—my favorite month to be here.
54 m
Deepest dive
2:18
Longest dive
12
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 4
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 2026 | 195 m | — | 39 m |
| Sep 8, 2026 | 130 m | — | 54 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
54 m
Deepest dive
2:18
Longest dive
12
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
4
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 (130 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Sep 8, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 130 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 130 m – 195 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km – 9.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.