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Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

Zamir Blue – Residency

17th sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Fluke of Zamir Blue
Zamir Blue Confirmed in the catalog @10976
Aug 30 – Sep 25, 2026 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

Cliffside Water, Early Autumn

Cold strait, deep green, crowded company — exactly where I want to be.

74 m
Deepest dive
3:32
Longest dive
20
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
26

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 30, 2026136 m14.4°C53 m
Sep 25, 202683 m10.8°C74 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 30, 2026 — seafloor 136 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Aug 30Sep 25, 2026 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Sep 25

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

Dives

74 m
Deepest dive
3:32
Longest dive
20
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
26
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010074 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (83 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 25, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
83 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.8°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
83 m – 136 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.8°C – 14.4°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 6.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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