Hecate – Residency
17th sighting in Salish Sea
Hecate @535
Jun 27 – Oct 16, 2026 · Salish Sea
June Company in the Green Water
Rolled in with fresh faces over this stretch, and the shelf still feeds well.
180 m
Deepest dive
5:34
Longest dive
66
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 111
- Deepest dive on record
- 180 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 | 154 m | 14.0°C | 83 m |
| Jun 29, 2026 | 150 m | 13.0°C | 91 m |
| Sep 7, 2026 | 362 m | — | 180 m |
| Sep 7, 2026 | 89 m | — | 67 m |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 135 m | — | 81 m |
| Oct 16, 2026 | 193 m | — | 103 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
180 m
Deepest dive
5:34
Longest dive
66
Dives
32 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
111
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 (362 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Sep 7, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 362 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 89 m – 362 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.0°C – 14.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 11.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.