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Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

PWF-NP_0454 – Residency

40th sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Fluke of PWF-NP_0454
PWF-NP_0454 Confirmed in the catalog @23039
Jun 23 – Aug 2, 2025 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof · Jun – Aug 2025

110 m
Deepest dive
4:15
Longest dive
156
Dives
Sightings
12
Days between first and last sighting
40
Deepest dive on record
110 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 23, 202583 m11.5°C57 m
Jun 24, 2025106 m11.5°C78 m
Jun 29, 202546 m11.8°C40 m
Jun 30, 202546 m11.8°C34 m
Jul 1, 2025126 m12.0°C87 m
Jul 3, 202599 m12.9°C60 m
Jul 4, 202536 m13.0°C28 m
Jul 9, 202578 m13.6°C30 m
Jul 14, 2025132 m13.9°C110 m
Jul 15, 2025112 m13.6°C30 m
Jul 31, 2025117 m14.3°C104 m
Aug 2, 202582 m14.3°C24 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 23, 2025 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jun 23Jun 24, 2025 — seafloor 106 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Jun 24Jun 29, 2025 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Jun 29Jun 30, 2025 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Jun 30Jul 1, 2025 — seafloor 126 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Jul 1Jul 3, 2025 — seafloor 99 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Jul 3Jul 4, 2025 — seafloor 36 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Jul 4Jul 9, 2025 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Jul 9Jul 14, 2025 — seafloor 132 m (measured), deepest dive 110 m (modelled)Jul 14Jul 15, 2025 — seafloor 112 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Jul 15Jul 31, 2025 — seafloor 117 m (measured), deepest dive 104 m (modelled)Jul 31Aug 2, 2025 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Aug 2

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

Dives

110 m
Deepest dive
4:15
Longest dive
156
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
12
Sightings
40
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150110 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (132 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 · Jul 14, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
132 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.9°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 12 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
36 m – 132 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.5°C – 14.3°C
Distance from shore
5.0 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 12 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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