Sandelwood – Residency
12th sighting in Chatham Strait
Sandelwood @6444
Jun 18 – Sep 6, 2026 · Chatham Strait
Chatham Strait, All Summer
Deep green water, good company, exactly where I want to be.
191 m
Deepest dive
5:19
Longest dive
79
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 80
- Deepest dive on record
- 191 m · this residency
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2026 | 113 m | 10.0°C | 67 m |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 383 m | 11.3°C | 108 m |
| Jul 16, 2026 | 204 m | 13.0°C | 84 m |
| Aug 10, 2026 | 242 m | 14.2°C | 191 m |
| Sep 6, 2026 | 57 m | 12.9°C | 44 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
191 m
Deepest dive
5:19
Longest dive
79
Dives
32 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
80
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 (242 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 10, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 242 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 57 m – 383 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 10.0°C – 14.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 4.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.