161435 – Residency
8th sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
161435 @161435
Jul 19 – Sep 15, 2026 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
This Bay, All Summer
Never left the herring channel — why would I?
97 m
Deepest dive
3:57
Longest dive
112
Dives
- Sightings
- 8
- Days between first and last sighting
- 58
- Deepest dive on record
- 97 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 19, 2026 | 111 m | 12.8°C | 95 m |
| Jul 27, 2026 | 78 m | 13.0°C | 59 m |
| Aug 4, 2026 | 104 m | 13.6°C | 80 m |
| Aug 7, 2026 | 60 m | 14.0°C | 35 m |
| Aug 10, 2026 | 56 m | 14.5°C | 51 m |
| Aug 11, 2026 | 65 m | 14.7°C | 43 m |
| Sep 14, 2026 | 109 m | 13.4°C | 97 m |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 75 m | 11.6°C | 55 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
97 m
Deepest dive
3:57
Longest dive
112
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
58
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 (109 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Sep 14, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 109 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km
Across the residency · 8 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 56 m – 111 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.6°C – 14.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 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.