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Salish Sea

Kiarra Kelly – Residency

15th sighting in Salish Sea
Fluke of Kiarra Kelly
Kiarra Kelly Confirmed in the catalog @82454
Jun 14 – Oct 13, 2026 · Salish Sea

Green Water, Good Company

Whole summer in these channels, herring thick and witnesses everywhere.

103 m
Deepest dive
4:19
Longest dive
162
Dives
Sightings
14
Days between first and last sighting
121
Deepest dive on record
103 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 14, 2026175 m11.7°C72 m
Jun 15, 202675 m12.2°C69 m
Jun 17, 2026149 m15.6°C70 m
Jun 20, 202662 m15.9°C28 m
Jun 21, 2026120 m15.8°C63 m
Jul 3, 2026173 m13.1°C27 m
Jul 7, 202621 m18.0°C17 m
Jul 8, 202658 m18.4°C53 m
Jul 13, 202676 m15.2°C64 m
Aug 7, 2026137 m15.7°C75 m
Aug 9, 202613 m14.2°C12 m
Aug 21, 2026188 m15.0°C19 m
Sep 12, 2026215 m13.2°C103 m
Oct 13, 202626 m11.1°C23 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 14, 2026 — seafloor 175 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Jun 14Jun 15, 2026 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Jun 17, 2026 — seafloor 149 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Jun 20, 2026 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Jun 20Jun 21, 2026 — seafloor 120 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Jul 3, 2026 — seafloor 173 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Jul 7, 2026 — seafloor 21 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Jul 7Jul 8, 2026 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jul 13, 2026 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Aug 7, 2026 — seafloor 137 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Aug 7Aug 9, 2026 — seafloor 13 m (measured), deepest dive 12 m (modelled)Aug 21, 2026 — seafloor 188 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Sep 12, 2026 — seafloor 215 m (measured), deepest dive 103 m (modelled)Sep 12Oct 13, 2026 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)

Depth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.

Dives

103 m
Deepest dive
4:19
Longest dive
162
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
14
Sightings
121
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150103 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (215 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

Depth, duration and recovery resolved into a single number for this session.

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Place

Where this happened · Sep 12, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
215 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.2°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 14 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
13 m – 215 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.1°C – 18.4°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 10.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 14 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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