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Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

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25th sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
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Quote Confirmed in the catalog @15629
Mar 26 – 29, 2026 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

Chatham Strait, Right on Time

Early spring, herring in the water, faces I know all around me.

38 m
Deepest dive
1:49
Longest dive
31
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
3

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 26, 202678 m5.7°C20 m
Mar 28, 202624 m4.9°C11 m
Mar 29, 202645 m4.8°C38 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Mar 26, 2026 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Mar 26Mar 28, 2026 — seafloor 24 m (measured), deepest dive 11 m (modelled)Mar 28Mar 29, 2026 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Mar 29

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

Dives

38 m
Deepest dive
1:49
Longest dive
31
Dives
13 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
3
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255038 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (45 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 · Mar 29, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
45 m
Sea-surface temperature
4.8°C
Distance from shore
—

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
24 m – 78 m
Sea-surface temperature
4.8°C – 5.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 7.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST 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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