Chippy – Residency
14th sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Chippy @26773
Mar 22 – 29, 2026 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Strait's Full Again
Herring shimmering, company surfacing everywhere — this channel never disappoints me.
55 m
Deepest dive
2:24
Longest dive
79
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 7
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 2026 | 64 m | 5.3°C | 55 m |
| Mar 26, 2026 | 46 m | 5.1°C | 31 m |
| Mar 27, 2026 | 33 m | 4.9°C | 21 m |
| Mar 28, 2026 | 27 m | 5.0°C | 24 m |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 45 m | 4.8°C | 36 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
55 m
Deepest dive
2:24
Longest dive
79
Dives
14 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
7
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 (64 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Mar 22, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 64 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 5.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 27 m – 64 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 4.8°C – 5.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 2.0 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.