Zephyr – Residency
106th sighting in Salish SeaZephyr @4182
Jun 27 – Sep 30, 2026 · Salish Sea
Herring Are Running
Slack tide, full channels, and me just breathing easy all summer.
149 m
Deepest dive
6:33
Longest dive
155
Dives
- Sightings
- 15
- Days between first and last sighting
- 95
- Deepest dive on record
- 149 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2026 | 167 m | 13.9°C | 67 m |
| Jul 2, 2026 | 174 m | 13.0°C | 129 m |
| Jul 7, 2026 | 72 m | 16.6°C | 39 m |
| Jul 8, 2026 | 141 m | 16.8°C | 77 m |
| Jul 10, 2026 | 116 m | 13.8°C | 69 m |
| Jul 17, 2026 | 124 m | 15.0°C | 41 m |
| Jul 19, 2026 | 105 m | 13.8°C | 92 m |
| Jul 20, 2026 | 194 m | 15.8°C | 149 m |
| Aug 2, 2026 | 107 m | 15.5°C | 15 m |
| Aug 4, 2026 | 227 m | 15.4°C | 107 m |
| Aug 10, 2026 | 173 m | 16.6°C | 117 m |
| Sep 1, 2026 | 112 m | 16.0°C | 59 m |
| Sep 4, 2026 | 4 m | 15.3°C | 3 m |
| Sep 14, 2026 | 73 m | 15.2°C | 44 m |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 128 m | 13.8°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
149 m
Deepest dive
6:33
Longest dive
155
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
15
Sightings
95
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 (194 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 20, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 194 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km
Across the residency · 15 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 4 m – 227 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.0°C – 16.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 13.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 15 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.