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Lynn Canal & Stephens Passage

Kirk – Residency

8th sighting in Lynn Canal & Stephens Passage
Fluke of Kirk
Kirk Confirmed in the catalog @16849
Apr 20 – May 11, 2025 · Lynn Canal & Stephens Passage

Lynn Canal & Stephens Passage · Apr – May 2025

31 m
Deepest dive
1:39
Longest dive
29
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
22

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 20, 2025107 m5.6°C27 m
May 11, 202537 m—31 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 20, 2025 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Apr 20May 11, 2025 — seafloor 37 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)May 11

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

Dives

31 m
Deepest dive
1:39
Longest dive
29
Dives
13 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
22
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255031 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (37 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 · May 11, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
37 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
—

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
37 m – 107 m
Sea-surface temperature
5.6°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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