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Kenai Fjords & Resurrection Bay

Patches – Residency

20th sighting in Kenai Fjords & Resurrection Bay
Fluke of Patches
Patches Confirmed in the catalog @13435
Jun 20 – Jul 11, 2022 · Kenai Fjords & Resurrection Bay

Kenai Fjords & Resurrection Bay · Jun – Jul 2022

136 m
Deepest dive
5:15
Longest dive
86
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
21

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 20, 202253 m13.1°C36 m
Jun 24, 202271 m11.1°C53 m
Jun 25, 2022122 m11.3°C72 m
Jun 26, 202235 m12.0°C27 m
Jun 27, 2022289 m11.7°C13 m
Jun 30, 2022193 m13.3°C67 m
Jul 1, 202260 m13.4°C34 m
Jul 11, 2022153 m13.3°C136 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 20, 2022 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Jun 20Jun 24, 2022 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jun 24Jun 25, 2022 — seafloor 122 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Jun 25Jun 26, 2022 — seafloor 35 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Jun 26Jun 27, 2022 — seafloor 289 m (measured), deepest dive 13 m (modelled)Jun 27Jun 30, 2022 — seafloor 193 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Jun 30Jul 1, 2022 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Jul 1Jul 11, 2022 — seafloor 153 m (measured), deepest dive 136 m (modelled)Jul 11

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

Dives

136 m
Deepest dive
5:15
Longest dive
86
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
21
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150136 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (153 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 11, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
153 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.3°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
35 m – 289 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.1°C – 13.4°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 2.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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