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Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

SEAK-3005 – Residency

29th sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Fluke of SEAK-3005
SEAK-3005 Confirmed in the catalog @135501
Jul 26 – Oct 9, 2026 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

Lingering in Familiar Water

Stayed put, surfaced often, let the same eyes find me.

118 m
Deepest dive
5:06
Longest dive
267
Dives
Sightings
22
Days between first and last sighting
75
Deepest dive on record
118 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 26, 2026132 m12.9°C118 m
Jul 28, 202678 m13.1°C61 m
Jul 29, 202678 m13.2°C49 m
Jul 30, 202678 m13.3°C51 m
Aug 2, 2026135 m13.4°C54 m
Aug 3, 202678 m13.4°C38 m
Aug 4, 202695 m13.6°C62 m
Aug 6, 202655 m13.8°C36 m
Aug 8, 202671 m13.8°C50 m
Aug 9, 202666 m14.3°C61 m
Aug 16, 2026104 m15.0°C85 m
Aug 27, 202681 m14.5°C49 m
Aug 30, 202689 m14.4°C47 m
Sep 2, 202669 m13.7°C46 m
Sep 4, 2026109 m14.2°C80 m
Sep 6, 2026125 m14.0°C28 m
Sep 7, 202680 m14.1°C59 m
Sep 7, 202680 m14.1°C50 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 26, 2026 — seafloor 132 m (measured), deepest dive 118 m (modelled)Jul 26Jul 28, 2026 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Jul 29, 2026 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jul 30, 2026 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Aug 2, 2026 — seafloor 135 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Aug 2Aug 3, 2026 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Aug 4, 2026 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Aug 6, 2026 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Aug 8, 2026 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Aug 8Aug 9, 2026 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Aug 16, 2026 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Aug 27, 2026 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Aug 30, 2026 — seafloor 89 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Aug 30Sep 2, 2026 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Sep 4, 2026 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Sep 6, 2026 — seafloor 125 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Sep 7, 2026 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Sep 7Sep 7, 2026 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Sep 14, 2026 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Sep 15, 2026 — seafloor 118 m (measured), deepest dive 107 m (modelled)Sep 24, 2026 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Sep 24Oct 9, 2026 — seafloor 117 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)

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

Dives

118 m
Deepest dive
5:06
Longest dive
267
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
22
Sightings
75
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150118 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (132 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 26, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
132 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.9°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 22 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
55 m – 135 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.2°C – 15.0°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 22 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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