Kihumana – Residency
7th sighting in Chatham Strait
Kihumana @5432
Jun 19 – Aug 12, 2026 · Chatham Strait
Chatham Strait, deep summer
Late light, cold water, herring thick enough to taste the season.
70 m
Deepest dive
2:27
Longest dive
30
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 54
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2026 | 378 m | 9.7°C | 44 m |
| Aug 12, 2026 | 102 m | 13.7°C | 70 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
70 m
Deepest dive
2:27
Longest dive
30
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
54
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 (102 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 12, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 102 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 102 m – 378 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 9.7°C – 13.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 5.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.