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Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

HW-MN0440336 – Residency

14th sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Fluke of HW-MN0440336
HW-MN0440336 Confirmed in the catalog @13721
Jun 23 – Aug 9, 2026 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

Loaded Season Up North

Cold water, full days, plenty of chances to be seen feeding well.

129 m
Deepest dive
4:41
Longest dive
207
Dives
Sightings
14
Days between first and last sighting
47
Deepest dive on record
129 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 23, 202695 m11.6°C69 m
Jun 25, 2026139 m11.8°C107 m
Jun 28, 202650 m11.5°C34 m
Jul 3, 2026150 m11.8°C129 m
Jul 20, 202678 m12.9°C53 m
Jul 21, 202678 m12.8°C64 m
Jul 22, 2026118 m12.8°C36 m
Jul 23, 2026135 m12.9°C39 m
Jul 26, 202678 m12.9°C65 m
Jul 27, 202678 m13.0°C39 m
Aug 6, 202678 m13.9°C64 m
Aug 6, 202678 m13.9°C71 m
Aug 8, 202686 m13.9°C69 m
Aug 9, 202662 m14.3°C12 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 23, 2026 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Jun 23Jun 25, 2026 — seafloor 139 m (measured), deepest dive 107 m (modelled)Jun 28, 2026 — seafloor 50 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Jul 3, 2026 — seafloor 150 m (measured), deepest dive 129 m (modelled)Jul 3Jul 20, 2026 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jul 21, 2026 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Jul 22, 2026 — seafloor 118 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Jul 22Jul 23, 2026 — seafloor 135 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Jul 26, 2026 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Jul 27, 2026 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Jul 27Aug 6, 2026 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Aug 6, 2026 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Aug 8, 2026 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Aug 8Aug 9, 2026 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 12 m (modelled)

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

Dives

129 m
Deepest dive
4:41
Longest dive
207
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
14
Sightings
47
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150129 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (150 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 3, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
150 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.8°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 14 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
50 m – 150 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.5°C – 14.3°C
Distance from shore
2.0 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 14 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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