161423 – Residency
15th sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof161423 @161423
Jul 12 – Sep 22, 2026 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Silver Bend, All Mine
Found my light on that channel bend, and stayed for it.
129 m
Deepest dive
4:10
Longest dive
160
Dives
- Sightings
- 15
- Days between first and last sighting
- 72
- Deepest dive on record
- 129 m · this residency
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 2026 | 33 m | 12.6°C | 20 m |
| Jul 14, 2026 | 98 m | 13.0°C | 71 m |
| Jul 15, 2026 | 104 m | 13.1°C | 43 m |
| Jul 17, 2026 | 100 m | 13.1°C | 43 m |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 46 m | 12.9°C | 36 m |
| Jul 20, 2026 | 98 m | 12.7°C | 84 m |
| Jul 26, 2026 | 100 m | 12.9°C | 91 m |
| Aug 2, 2026 | 121 m | 13.4°C | 57 m |
| Aug 4, 2026 | 72 m | 13.5°C | 41 m |
| Aug 6, 2026 | 78 m | 13.9°C | 51 m |
| Aug 25, 2026 | 61 m | 14.4°C | 41 m |
| Aug 27, 2026 | 80 m | 14.5°C | 61 m |
| Sep 13, 2026 | 96 m | — | 38 m |
| Sep 17, 2026 | 143 m | — | 129 m |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 76 m | — | 62 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
129 m
Deepest dive
4:10
Longest dive
160
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
15
Sightings
72
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 (143 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
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Where this happened · Sep 17, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 143 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 6.0 km
Across the residency · 15 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 33 m – 143 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.6°C – 14.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 7.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 15 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.