Rafa – Residency
19th sighting in Salish Sea
Rafa @4831
Jul 31 – Sep 27, 2025 · Salish Sea
Salish Sea · Jul – Sep 2025
125 m
Deepest dive
4:56
Longest dive
118
Dives
- Sightings
- 8
- Days between first and last sighting
- 58
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2025 | 135 m | — | 67 m |
| Aug 3, 2025 | 159 m | — | 102 m |
| Aug 4, 2025 | 55 m | — | 49 m |
| Aug 5, 2025 | 163 m | — | 26 m |
| Aug 5, 2025 | 174 m | — | 97 m |
| Aug 6, 2025 | 163 m | — | 125 m |
| Aug 29, 2025 | 198 m | — | 110 m |
| Sep 27, 2025 | 41 m | — | 36 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
125 m
Deepest dive
4:56
Longest dive
118
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
58
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 (163 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 6, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 163 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km
Across the residency · 8 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 41 m – 198 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 10.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.