Kappa – Residency
27th sighting in Salish Sea
Kappa @5415
Jul 31 – Oct 21, 2025 · Salish Sea
Salish Sea · Jul – Oct 2025
160 m
Deepest dive
6:01
Longest dive
75
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 83
- Deepest dive on record
- 160 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2025 | 363 m | 20.0°C | 87 m |
| Aug 8, 2025 | 190 m | 14.5°C | 124 m |
| Aug 9, 2025 | 131 m | 14.6°C | 113 m |
| Aug 10, 2025 | 399 m | 14.4°C | 35 m |
| Oct 21, 2025 | 399 m | 11.3°C | 160 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
160 m
Deepest dive
6:01
Longest dive
75
Dives
33 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
83
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 (399 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Oct 21, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 399 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 8.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 131 m – 399 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.3°C – 20.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 8.0 km – 13.0 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.