Moraine – Residency
14th sighting in Salish Sea
Moraine @97844
Jul 8 – Sep 26, 2026 · Salish Sea
Midsummer on Home Water
Herring running thick, ledges lit gold — this sea knows me.
118 m
Deepest dive
4:23
Longest dive
82
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 80
- Deepest dive on record
- 118 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 8, 2026 | 128 m | 16.9°C | 60 m |
| Aug 13, 2026 | 36 m | 15.9°C | 33 m |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 173 m | 16.1°C | 118 m |
| Sep 13, 2026 | 31 m | 13.3°C | 28 m |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 153 m | 15.2°C | 39 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
118 m
Deepest dive
4:23
Longest dive
82
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
80
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 (173 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 15, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 173 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 6.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 31 m – 173 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.3°C – 16.9°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 6.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.