Anvil – Residency
36th sighting in Salish Sea
Anvil @3775
Jul 9 – Aug 20, 2025 · Salish Sea
Salish Sea · Jul – Aug 2025
189 m
Deepest dive
7:30
Longest dive
66
Dives
- Sightings
- 7
- Days between first and last sighting
- 42
- Deepest dive on record
- 189 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 2025 | 154 m | 18.9°C | 86 m |
| Jul 20, 2025 | 234 m | 15.1°C | 56 m |
| Jul 24, 2025 | 239 m | 15.7°C | 47 m |
| Jul 24, 2025 | 343 m | 15.6°C | 189 m |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 281 m | 20.1°C | 107 m |
| Aug 14, 2025 | 348 m | 16.0°C | 180 m |
| Aug 20, 2025 | 29 m | 14.4°C | 26 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
189 m
Deepest dive
7:30
Longest dive
66
Dives
31 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
42
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 (343 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 24, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 343 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 12.0 km
Across the residency · 7 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 29 m – 348 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.4°C – 20.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 14.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.