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Prince William Sound

HW-MN0444380 – Residency

6th sighting in Prince William Sound
Fluke of HW-MN0444380
HW-MN0444380 Confirmed in the catalog @101345
Jun 18 – Sep 11, 2026 · Prince William Sound

Sound Full of Herring

Herring thick, light long, this cold green water knows my breath.

142 m
Deepest dive
5:03
Longest dive
63
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
85
Deepest dive on record
142 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 18, 2026228 m8.6°C126 m
Jul 6, 202610 m11.4°C5 m
Jul 17, 2026279 m11.8°C142 m
Aug 1, 2026230 m13.5°C19 m
Aug 2, 202677 m13.7°C67 m
Sep 11, 2026276 m—55 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 18, 2026 — seafloor 228 m (measured), deepest dive 126 m (modelled)Jun 18Jul 6, 2026 — seafloor 10 m (measured), deepest dive 5 m (modelled)Jul 6Jul 17, 2026 — seafloor 279 m (measured), deepest dive 142 m (modelled)Jul 17Aug 1, 2026 — seafloor 230 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Aug 1Aug 2, 2026 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Aug 2Sep 11, 2026 — seafloor 276 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Sep 11

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

Dives

142 m
Deepest dive
5:03
Longest dive
63
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
85
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150142 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (279 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 · Jul 17, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
279 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.8°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
10 m – 279 m
Sea-surface temperature
8.6°C – 13.7°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 3.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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