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Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

HW-MN0444836 – Residency

18th sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Fluke of HW-MN0444836
HW-MN0444836 Confirmed in the catalog @131608
Jul 2 – Sep 15, 2026 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

Long Summer in the Green Water

Stayed put, fed hard, let the lenses find me often.

108 m
Deepest dive
3:42
Longest dive
256
Dives
Sightings
18
Days between first and last sighting
75

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 2, 2026105 m11.9°C90 m
Jul 31, 202697 m13.0°C57 m
Aug 1, 202642 m13.1°C33 m
Aug 4, 202678 m13.6°C65 m
Aug 8, 202671 m13.8°C62 m
Aug 9, 202668 m14.3°C59 m
Aug 24, 202678 m14.4°C38 m
Aug 25, 202686 m14.4°C69 m
Aug 26, 202664 m14.3°C29 m
Aug 27, 202652 m14.2°C44 m
Aug 30, 202662 m14.4°C52 m
Sep 1, 202667 m13.8°C58 m
Sep 2, 2026143 m13.8°C108 m
Sep 5, 202678 m14.0°C58 m
Sep 6, 202682 m13.9°C70 m
Sep 7, 202688 m14.1°C51 m
Sep 14, 2026109 m13.4°C34 m
Sep 15, 2026118 m11.6°C75 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 2, 2026 — seafloor 105 m (measured), deepest dive 90 m (modelled)Jul 2Jul 31, 2026 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Aug 1, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Aug 4, 2026 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Aug 4Aug 8, 2026 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Aug 9, 2026 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Aug 24, 2026 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Aug 24Aug 25, 2026 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Aug 26, 2026 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Aug 27, 2026 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Aug 27Aug 30, 2026 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Sep 1, 2026 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Sep 2, 2026 — seafloor 143 m (measured), deepest dive 108 m (modelled)Sep 2Sep 5, 2026 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Sep 6, 2026 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Sep 7, 2026 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Sep 7Sep 14, 2026 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Sep 15, 2026 — seafloor 118 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)

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

Dives

108 m
Deepest dive
3:42
Longest dive
256
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
18
Sightings
75
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150108 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (143 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

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Place

Where this happened · Sep 2, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
143 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.8°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 18 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
42 m – 143 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.6°C – 14.4°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 7.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 18 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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