Slice – Residency
9th sighting in Salish Sea
Slice @65196
Jun 20 – Oct 15, 2026 · Salish Sea
Green Water, Good Company
Herring running thick, whales everywhere, cameras clicking — this channel knows my face.
124 m
Deepest dive
3:51
Longest dive
39
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 117
- Deepest dive on record
- 124 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 20, 2026 | 266 m | 16.4°C | 124 m |
| Jul 15, 2026 | 301 m | 15.8°C | 48 m |
| Aug 19, 2026 | 164 m | 15.4°C | 82 m |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 242 m | 11.7°C | 66 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
124 m
Deepest dive
3:51
Longest dive
39
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
117
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 (266 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jun 20, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 266 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 164 m – 301 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.7°C – 16.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 12.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.