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Prince William Sound

Kushtaka – Residency

6th sighting in Prince William Sound
Fluke of Kushtaka
Kushtaka Confirmed in the catalog @15470
Aug 2 – 3, 2026 · Prince William Sound

Sound Feels Right

Twice this stretch, both times exactly where I meant to be.

52 m
Deepest dive
2:04
Longest dive
23
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
1

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 2, 202677 m13.7°C32 m
Aug 3, 202692 m13.5°C52 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 2, 2026 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Aug 2Aug 3, 2026 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Aug 3

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

Dives

52 m
Deepest dive
2:04
Longest dive
23
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
1
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010052 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (92 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 · Aug 3, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
92 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.5°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
77 m – 92 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.5°C – 13.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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