Quote – Residency
25th sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Quote @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
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 2026 | 78 m | 5.7°C | 20 m |
| Mar 28, 2026 | 24 m | 4.9°C | 11 m |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 45 m | 4.8°C | 38 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
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
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (45 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Mar 29, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 45 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 4.8°C
- Distance from shore
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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
Source records
This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.