Launaana – Residency
93rd sighting in Chatham Strait
Launaana @6332
Jul 23 – 31, 2026 · Chatham Strait
Chatham Strait, Herring Time
I found the herring first — the birds always follow me here.
20 m
Deepest dive
1:07
Longest dive
12
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 8
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2026 | 23 m | 13.2°C | 12 m |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 80 m | 12.8°C | 20 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
20 m
Deepest dive
1:07
Longest dive
12
Dives
10 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
8
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 (80 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
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Where this happened · Jul 31, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 80 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.8°C
- Distance from shore
- —
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 23 m – 80 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.8°C – 13.2°C
- Distance from shore
- —
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.