161911 – Residency
7th sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
161911 @161911
Aug 4 – Sep 22, 2026 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
This Bay, By Heart
Herring in the green water, and me not going anywhere.
114 m
Deepest dive
3:55
Longest dive
67
Dives
- Sightings
- 7
- Days between first and last sighting
- 49
- Deepest dive on record
- 114 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | 78 m | 13.5°C | 14 m |
| Aug 24, 2026 | 99 m | 14.5°C | 67 m |
| Aug 30, 2026 | 136 m | 14.4°C | 30 m |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 99 m | 13.9°C | 73 m |
| Sep 14, 2026 | 109 m | 13.4°C | 79 m |
| Sep 17, 2026 | 143 m | — | 114 m |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 143 m | — | 47 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
114 m
Deepest dive
3:55
Longest dive
67
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
49
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.
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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 · 7 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 78 m – 143 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.4°C – 14.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km – 7.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.