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Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

Quaternery – Residency

9th sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Fluke of Quaternery
Quaternery Confirmed in the catalog @15178
Apr 2 – 7, 2023 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof · Apr 2023

69 m
Deepest dive
2:18
Longest dive
74
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
5

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 2, 202373 m—67 m
Apr 2, 202376 m—69 m
Apr 2, 2023104 m—39 m
Apr 3, 202378 m—53 m
Apr 3, 202332 m—29 m
Apr 7, 2023-9 m——

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 2, 2023 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Apr 2Apr 2, 2023 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Apr 2Apr 2, 2023 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Apr 2Apr 3, 2023 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Apr 3Apr 3, 2023 — seafloor 32 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Apr 3Apr 7, 2023 — seafloor -9 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Apr 7

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

Dives

69 m
Deepest dive
2:18
Longest dive
74
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
5
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010069 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (76 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 · Apr 2, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
76 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
—

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-9 m – 104 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 7.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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