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Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

161424 – Residency

19th sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Fluke of 161424
161424 Confirmed in the catalog @161424
Jun 24 – Sep 21, 2026 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

The Whole Summer, Mine

Long light, good folds of current, plenty of reasons to stay.

108 m
Deepest dive
3:41
Longest dive
211
Dives
Sightings
19
Days between first and last sighting
89
Deepest dive on record
108 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 24, 2026122 m11.6°C63 m
Jul 8, 202678 m11.8°C58 m
Jul 19, 202678 m12.9°C60 m
Jul 27, 202652 m13.0°C30 m
Aug 1, 202678 m13.1°C61 m
Aug 2, 202628 m13.3°C23 m
Aug 3, 202637 m13.3°C23 m
Aug 6, 202678 m13.9°C52 m
Aug 7, 202660 m14.0°C46 m
Aug 8, 202661 m13.8°C46 m
Aug 9, 202661 m14.3°C47 m
Aug 12, 2026143 m14.4°C23 m
Aug 13, 202678 m14.7°C50 m
Aug 14, 202654 m15.3°C47 m
Aug 27, 202666 m14.3°C54 m
Sep 5, 202678 m14.0°C61 m
Sep 18, 202621 m—19 m
Sep 19, 2026143 m—108 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 24, 2026 — seafloor 122 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Jun 24Jul 8, 2026 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Jul 19, 2026 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Jul 27, 2026 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Aug 1, 2026 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Aug 1Aug 2, 2026 — seafloor 28 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Aug 3, 2026 — seafloor 37 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Aug 6, 2026 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Aug 7, 2026 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Aug 7Aug 8, 2026 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Aug 9, 2026 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Aug 12, 2026 — seafloor 143 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Aug 13, 2026 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Aug 13Aug 14, 2026 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Aug 27, 2026 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Sep 5, 2026 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Sep 18, 2026 — seafloor 21 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Sep 18Sep 19, 2026 — seafloor 143 m (measured), deepest dive 108 m (modelled)Sep 21, 2026 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)

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

Dives

108 m
Deepest dive
3:41
Longest dive
211
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
19
Sightings
89
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150108 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (143 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

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Place

Where this happened · Sep 19, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
143 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 19 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
21 m – 143 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.6°C – 15.3°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 7.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 19 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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