SEAK-5169 – Residency
6th sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
SEAK-5169 @21988
Jul 17 – 29, 2026 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Fifteen Summers Strong
Herring's running, the strait's cold and green, and I'm exactly where I belong.
66 m
Deepest dive
2:17
Longest dive
35
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 12
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 2026 | 77 m | 13.1°C | 66 m |
| Jul 29, 2026 | 74 m | 13.1°C | 35 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
66 m
Deepest dive
2:17
Longest dive
35
Dives
16 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
12
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 (77 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 17, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 77 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 74 m – 77 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.1°C – 13.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.