Circumbinary – Residency
7th sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer BaranofCircumbinary @15637
Jun 24 – Aug 28, 2026 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Chatham Strait, All Summer Long
Herring stacked up, cameras clicking, this channel just keeps giving.
99 m
Deepest dive
3:40
Longest dive
98
Dives
- Sightings
- 8
- Days between first and last sighting
- 65
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 2026 | 78 m | 11.6°C | 39 m |
| Jun 25, 2026 | 71 m | 11.8°C | 38 m |
| Jun 26, 2026 | 78 m | 11.9°C | 65 m |
| Jul 1, 2026 | 104 m | 11.7°C | 93 m |
| Jul 2, 2026 | 116 m | 11.8°C | 70 m |
| Jul 7, 2026 | 124 m | 11.9°C | 99 m |
| Jul 8, 2026 | 78 m | 11.8°C | 63 m |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 100 m | 14.0°C | 50 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
99 m
Deepest dive
3:40
Longest dive
98
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
65
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 (124 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 7, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 124 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.9°C
- Distance from shore
- 6.0 km
Across the residency · 8 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 71 m – 124 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.6°C – 14.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km – 7.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.