KC - Kelp Creature – Residency
18th sighting in Salish Sea
KC - Kelp Creature @4982
Jul 11 – Nov 15, 2024 · Salish Sea
Summer in the Straits
These familiar waters keep calling me back through the long bright months.
78 m
Deepest dive
3:09
Longest dive
69
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 127
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 2024 | 121 m | 21.1°C | 78 m |
| Jul 18, 2024 | 171 m | 20.8°C | 58 m |
| Jul 19, 2024 | 373 m | 19.8°C | 75 m |
| Sep 16, 2024 | 22 m | 11.2°C | 20 m |
| Nov 15, 2024 | 43 m | 9.8°C | 31 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
78 m
Deepest dive
3:09
Longest dive
69
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
127
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 (121 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 11, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 121 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 21.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 6.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 22 m – 373 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 9.8°C – 21.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 9.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.