161910 – Residency
15th sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof161910 @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
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | 78 m | 13.2°C | 66 m |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 104 m | 13.1°C | 82 m |
| Aug 2, 2026 | 106 m | 13.4°C | 95 m |
| Aug 4, 2026 | 95 m | 13.6°C | 87 m |
| Aug 5, 2026 | 12 m | 13.5°C | 11 m |
| Aug 6, 2026 | 78 m | 13.9°C | 51 m |
| Aug 7, 2026 | 40 m | 14.0°C | 27 m |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 86 m | 13.9°C | 10 m |
| Aug 18, 2026 | 78 m | 13.6°C | 70 m |
| Aug 25, 2026 | 95 m | 14.4°C | 75 m |
| Aug 26, 2026 | 125 m | 14.4°C | 25 m |
| Aug 27, 2026 | 130 m | 14.4°C | 46 m |
| Sep 4, 2026 | 143 m | 14.0°C | 75 m |
| Sep 6, 2026 | 56 m | 14.0°C | 51 m |
| Sep 17, 2026 | 91 m | 12.8°C | 67 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
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
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (106 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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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
Source records
This activity is assembled from 15 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.