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Prince William Sound

Brandon – Residency

15th sighting in Prince William Sound
Fluke of Brandon
Brandon Confirmed in the catalog @15506
Aug 17 – Sep 18, 2025 · Prince William Sound

Prince William Sound · Aug – Sep 2025

80 m
Deepest dive
2:47
Longest dive
31
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
32

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 17, 2025584 m14.3°C35 m
Sep 17, 2025154 m12.0°C48 m
Sep 18, 2025107 m11.8°C80 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 17, 2025 — seafloor 584 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Aug 17Sep 17, 2025 — seafloor 154 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Sep 17Sep 18, 2025 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Sep 18

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

Dives

80 m
Deepest dive
2:47
Longest dive
31
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
32
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010080 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (107 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 · Sep 18, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
107 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.8°C
Distance from shore
—

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
107 m – 584 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.8°C – 14.3°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 6.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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