Iota – Residency
15th sighting in Salish Sea
Iota @95967
Jun 15 – Aug 7, 2026 · Salish Sea
Green Water Home Turf
Whole summer in these shallows, and I know every current by feel.
120 m
Deepest dive
5:47
Longest dive
78
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 53
- Deepest dive on record
- 120 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 15, 2026 | 176 m | 16.0°C | 110 m |
| Jun 24, 2026 | 144 m | 15.6°C | 120 m |
| Jul 10, 2026 | 96 m | 13.6°C | 66 m |
| Aug 3, 2026 | 157 m | 15.2°C | 106 m |
| Aug 4, 2026 | 42 m | 15.2°C | 26 m |
| Aug 7, 2026 | 150 m | 14.9°C | 65 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
120 m
Deepest dive
5:47
Longest dive
78
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
53
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 (144 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jun 24, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 144 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 8.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 42 m – 176 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.6°C – 16.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 9.0 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.