2022 calf of Kappa – Residency
23rd sighting in Salish Sea
2022 calf of Kappa @92034
May 31 – Sep 14, 2026 · Salish Sea
Every Bend by Heart
Summer here just gets easier, this water knows me now.
98 m
Deepest dive
4:09
Longest dive
75
Dives
- Sightings
- 8
- Days between first and last sighting
- 105
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2026 | 241 m | 12.1°C | 70 m |
| Jun 4, 2026 | 399 m | 15.9°C | 48 m |
| Jun 24, 2026 | 381 m | 17.7°C | 29 m |
| Aug 6, 2026 | 8 m | 15.6°C | 6 m |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 113 m | 16.3°C | 98 m |
| Sep 1, 2026 | 4 m | 16.2°C | 4 m |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 4 m | 15.0°C | 4 m |
| Sep 14, 2026 | 53 m | 15.0°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
98 m
Deepest dive
4:09
Longest dive
75
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
105
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 (113 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 15, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 113 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km
Across the residency · 8 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 4 m – 399 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.1°C – 17.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 10.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.