Queequeg – Residency
14th sighting in Chatham Strait
Queequeg @5644
Aug 24 – 29, 2026 · Chatham Strait
Herring-Fat and Grinning
Cold green water, full belly, easy August — can't ask for better.
59 m
Deepest dive
2:20
Longest dive
23
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 5
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 2026 | 138 m | 14.3°C | 59 m |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 52 m | 14.2°C | 45 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
59 m
Deepest dive
2:20
Longest dive
23
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
5
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 (138 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 24, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 138 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 52 m – 138 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.2°C – 14.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 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.