Kaju – Residency
18th sighting in Salish Sea
Kaju @80340
Jul 26 – Sep 5, 2026 · Salish Sea
Green Water, Good Company
Kelp light, boat hum, plenty of fins to lose count of.
192 m
Deepest dive
6:46
Longest dive
68
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 41
- Deepest dive on record
- 192 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 2026 | 136 m | 15.5°C | 72 m |
| Aug 2, 2026 | 89 m | 15.6°C | 80 m |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 164 m | 15.4°C | 32 m |
| Aug 17, 2026 | 399 m | 16.2°C | 192 m |
| Aug 21, 2026 | 280 m | 15.2°C | 22 m |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 4 m | 15.5°C | 4 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
192 m
Deepest dive
6:46
Longest dive
68
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
41
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 (399 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 17, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 399 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 8.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 4 m – 399 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.2°C – 16.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 11.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.