Pinch – Residency
13th sighting in Chatham Strait
Pinch @6425
May 16 – Jun 20, 2026 · Chatham Strait
Chatham Strait, Early Summer
Cold green water again this year, camera catching me twice in it.
74 m
Deepest dive
3:20
Longest dive
20
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 34
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 150 m | 7.9°C | 47 m |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 245 m | 11.2°C | 74 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
74 m
Deepest dive
3:20
Longest dive
20
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
34
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 (245 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
DeepPlace
Where this happened · Jun 20, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 245 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 34.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 150 m – 245 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 7.9°C – 11.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 34.0 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.