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Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

161910 – Residency

15th sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Fluke of 161910
161910 Confirmed in the catalog @161910
Jul 29 – Sep 17, 2026 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

Same Shelf, Same Herring

Stayed put, fed well, let the light find me again.

95 m
Deepest dive
4:00
Longest dive
168
Dives
Sightings
15
Days between first and last sighting
50
Deepest dive on record
95 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 29, 202678 m13.2°C66 m
Aug 1, 2026104 m13.1°C82 m
Aug 2, 2026106 m13.4°C95 m
Aug 4, 202695 m13.6°C87 m
Aug 5, 202612 m13.5°C11 m
Aug 6, 202678 m13.9°C51 m
Aug 7, 202640 m14.0°C27 m
Aug 8, 202686 m13.9°C10 m
Aug 18, 202678 m13.6°C70 m
Aug 25, 202695 m14.4°C75 m
Aug 26, 2026125 m14.4°C25 m
Aug 27, 2026130 m14.4°C46 m
Sep 4, 2026143 m14.0°C75 m
Sep 6, 202656 m14.0°C51 m
Sep 17, 202691 m12.8°C67 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 29, 2026 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Jul 29Aug 1, 2026 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Aug 2, 2026 — seafloor 106 m (measured), deepest dive 95 m (modelled)Aug 4, 2026 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Aug 4Aug 5, 2026 — seafloor 12 m (measured), deepest dive 11 m (modelled)Aug 6, 2026 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Aug 7, 2026 — seafloor 40 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Aug 7Aug 8, 2026 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 10 m (modelled)Aug 18, 2026 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Aug 25, 2026 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Aug 25Aug 26, 2026 — seafloor 125 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Aug 27, 2026 — seafloor 130 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Sep 4, 2026 — seafloor 143 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Sep 4Sep 6, 2026 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Sep 17, 2026 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)

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

Dives

95 m
Deepest dive
4:00
Longest dive
168
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
15
Sightings
50
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010095 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (106 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

Depth, duration and recovery resolved into a single number for this session.

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Place

Where this happened · Aug 2, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
106 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.4°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 15 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
12 m – 143 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.8°C – 14.4°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 7.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 15 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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