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Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

Star – Residency

3rd sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Fluke of Star
Star Confirmed in the catalog @26657
Jun 27 – Jul 14, 2018 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof · Jun – Jul 2018

92 m
Deepest dive
2:59
Longest dive
16
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
17

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 27, 2018113 m12.0°C52 m
Jul 14, 2018116 m13.2°C92 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 27, 2018 — seafloor 113 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Jun 27Jul 14, 2018 — seafloor 116 m (measured), deepest dive 92 m (modelled)Jul 14

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

Dives

92 m
Deepest dive
2:59
Longest dive
16
Dives
33 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
17
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010092 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (116 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, 2018

measured
Seafloor depth
116 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.2°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
113 m – 116 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.0°C – 13.2°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 5.0 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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