Patches – Residency
26th sighting in Kenai Fjords & Resurrection Bay
Patches @13435
Jun 15 – Jul 28, 2023 · Kenai Fjords & Resurrection Bay
Kenai Fjords & Resurrection Bay · Jun – Jul 2023
170 m
Deepest dive
6:40
Longest dive
65
Dives
- Sightings
- 8
- Days between first and last sighting
- 43
- Deepest dive on record
- 170 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2023 | 85 m | 7.9°C | 56 m |
| Jun 27, 2023 | 348 m | 10.6°C | 170 m |
| Jun 29, 2023 | 72 m | 10.7°C | 58 m |
| Jul 14, 2023 | 91 m | 11.2°C | 74 m |
| Jul 15, 2023 | 76 m | 11.5°C | 57 m |
| Jul 23, 2023 | 233 m | 13.0°C | 44 m |
| Jul 26, 2023 | 99 m | 13.9°C | 67 m |
| Jul 28, 2023 | 45 m | 13.5°C | 19 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
170 m
Deepest dive
6:40
Longest dive
65
Dives
31 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
43
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 (348 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jun 27, 2023
measured- Seafloor depth
- 348 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 10.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km
Across the residency · 8 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 45 m – 348 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 7.9°C – 13.9°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 3.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.