Barracuda – Residency
26th sighting in Salish Sea
Barracuda @6888
Jul 23 – Aug 21, 2026 · Salish Sea
Late Summer, Home Waters
Herring thick, water loud with familiar breath—this bay never lets me down.
57 m
Deepest dive
3:04
Longest dive
23
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 29
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 | 18.2°C | 19 m |
| Aug 4, 2026 | 167 m | 15.2°C | 57 m |
| Aug 21, 2026 | 208 m | 15.0°C | 56 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
57 m
Deepest dive
3:04
Longest dive
23
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
29
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 (167 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 4, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 167 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 23 m – 208 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.0°C – 18.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 7.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.