PWF-NP_0342 – Residency
5th sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
PWF-NP_0342 @23246
May 27 – Aug 26, 2026 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Summer Feeding Streak
Cold water, good company, caught above the surface again and grinning about it.
136 m
Deepest dive
6:51
Longest dive
57
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 90
- Deepest dive on record
- 136 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2026 | 15 m | 8.2°C | 13 m |
| May 28, 2026 | 42 m | 8.4°C | 31 m |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 40 m | 11.5°C | 31 m |
| Aug 3, 2026 | 63 m | 13.7°C | 52 m |
| Aug 26, 2026 | 164 m | 14.8°C | 136 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
136 m
Deepest dive
6:51
Longest dive
57
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
90
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 (164 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 26, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 164 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 15 m – 164 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 8.2°C – 14.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 3.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.