KC - Kelp Creature – Residency
23rd sighting in Salish Sea
KC - Kelp Creature @4982
Jun 29 – Oct 4, 2025 · Salish Sea
Summer in familiar waters
The old channels called me back for another long season of home.
125 m
Deepest dive
4:09
Longest dive
93
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 97
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2025 | 94 m | 12.6°C | 67 m |
| Aug 27, 2025 | 60 m | 16.5°C | 41 m |
| Sep 8, 2025 | 31 m | 17.2°C | 23 m |
| Sep 23, 2025 | 113 m | 13.3°C | 64 m |
| Sep 25, 2025 | 286 m | 14.1°C | 118 m |
| Oct 4, 2025 | 200 m | 12.9°C | 125 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
4:09
Longest dive
93
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
97
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 (200 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Oct 4, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 200 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.9°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 31 m – 286 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.6°C – 17.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 7.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.