Pelican – Residency
13th sighting in Chatham Strait
Pelican @6129
Jun 9 – Aug 24, 2026 · Chatham Strait
Deep Water, Old Friends
Chatham Strait fed me twice this summer, and that channel never disappoints.
108 m
Deepest dive
3:24
Longest dive
25
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 75
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 2026 | 21 m | 9.8°C | 16 m |
| Aug 24, 2026 | 613 m | 14.2°C | 108 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
108 m
Deepest dive
3:24
Longest dive
25
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
75
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 (613 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 24, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 613 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 21 m – 613 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 9.8°C – 14.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 3.0 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.