Beacon – Residency
7th sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Beacon @147332
Jun 16 – Aug 26, 2026 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
One Bay, All Summer
Green light, full herring, every current mapped by heart.
64 m
Deepest dive
2:32
Longest dive
61
Dives
- Sightings
- 7
- Days between first and last sighting
- 71
- Deepest dive on record
- 64 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 16, 2026 | 29 m | 10.0°C | 23 m |
| Jun 29, 2026 | 44 m | 11.6°C | 38 m |
| Jul 12, 2026 | 33 m | 12.6°C | 24 m |
| Jul 14, 2026 | 49 m | 13.0°C | 36 m |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 46 m | 12.9°C | 37 m |
| Jul 19, 2026 | 78 m | 12.9°C | 46 m |
| Aug 26, 2026 | 72 m | 14.4°C | 64 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
64 m
Deepest dive
2:32
Longest dive
61
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
71
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 (72 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 26, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 72 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.4°C
- Distance from shore
- —
Across the residency · 7 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 29 m – 78 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 10.0°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
Source records
This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.