Prince Rupert & Chatham Sound

Wally – Residency

8th sighting in Prince Rupert & Chatham Sound
Wally Confirmed in the catalog @40003
Jun 20 – Aug 20, 2026 · Prince Rupert & Chatham Sound

Prince Rupert & Chatham Sound · Jun – Aug 2026

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Deepest dive
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Longest dive
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Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
61

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 20, 2026291 m12.3°C—
Jun 23, 202666 m12.8°C—
Aug 14, 2026114 m14.5°C—
Aug 20, 202647 m14.2°C—

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 20, 2026 — seafloor 291 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 20Jun 23, 2026 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 23Aug 14, 2026 — seafloor 114 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 14Aug 20, 2026 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 20

Depth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.

Dives

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Deepest dive
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Longest dive
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Dives
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Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
61
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
02550startdive sequence (illustrative)

Modelled from the published dive-behaviour distribution. Not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

Depth, duration and recovery resolved into a single number for this session.

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Place

Where this happened · Aug 20, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
47 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.2°C
Distance from shore
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Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
47 m – 291 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.3°C – 14.5°C
Distance from shore
1.0 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.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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