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Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

Mysticeticus – Residency

10th sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Fluke of Mysticeticus
Mysticeticus Confirmed in the catalog @26701
Mar 27 – Jul 14, 2026 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

Long Green Water, Full Season

Spring melted into summer and this strait fed me the whole way through.

58 m
Deepest dive
3:02
Longest dive
42
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
108

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 27, 202649 m4.9°C43 m
May 10, 202676 m7.0°C16 m
Jun 3, 202658 m8.7°C19 m
Jun 5, 2026108 m10.1°C58 m
Jul 14, 2026128 m13.1°C56 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Mar 27, 2026 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Mar 27May 10, 2026 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)May 10Jun 3, 2026 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Jun 3Jun 5, 2026 — seafloor 108 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Jun 5Jul 14, 2026 — seafloor 128 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jul 14

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

Dives

58 m
Deepest dive
3:02
Longest dive
42
Dives
15 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
108
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010058 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (108 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 · Jun 5, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
108 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.1°C
Distance from shore
—

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
49 m – 128 m
Sea-surface temperature
4.9°C – 13.1°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 2.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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