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Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

GrayShell – Residency

28th sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Fluke of GrayShell
GrayShell Confirmed in the catalog @26825
Jun 7 – Aug 14, 2022 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof · Jun – Aug 2022

92 m
Deepest dive
3:37
Longest dive
236
Dives
Sightings
20
Days between first and last sighting
69

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 7, 202218 m10.6°C15 m
Jun 9, 202278 m10.7°C70 m
Jun 20, 202278 m10.7°C29 m
Jun 20, 202278 m10.7°C71 m
Jun 23, 202278 m11.8°C56 m
Jun 24, 202278 m12.1°C44 m
Jun 24, 202278 m12.1°C41 m
Jul 3, 2022114 m12.3°C92 m
Jul 5, 202225 m12.7°C20 m
Jul 12, 2022120 m12.3°C57 m
Jul 13, 202229 m12.4°C22 m
Jul 15, 202278 m12.0°C38 m
Jul 15, 2022127 m11.9°C31 m
Jul 15, 202226 m12.1°C14 m
Jul 26, 202272 m13.2°C43 m
Jul 29, 202278 m12.9°C57 m
Aug 2, 2022101 m13.7°C74 m
Aug 10, 202278 m13.9°C66 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 7, 2022 — seafloor 18 m (measured), deepest dive 15 m (modelled)Jun 7Jun 9, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Jun 20, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Jun 20, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Jun 23, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jun 23Jun 24, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Jun 24, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Jul 3, 2022 — seafloor 114 m (measured), deepest dive 92 m (modelled)Jul 5, 2022 — seafloor 25 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Jul 5Jul 12, 2022 — seafloor 120 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jul 13, 2022 — seafloor 29 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Jul 15, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Jul 15, 2022 — seafloor 127 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Jul 15Jul 15, 2022 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 14 m (modelled)Jul 26, 2022 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Jul 29, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Aug 2, 2022 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Aug 2Aug 10, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Aug 11, 2022 — seafloor 108 m (measured), deepest dive 84 m (modelled)Aug 14, 2022 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)

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

Dives

92 m
Deepest dive
3:37
Longest dive
236
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
20
Sightings
69
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 (114 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 3, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
114 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.3°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 20 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
18 m – 127 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.6°C – 14.0°C
Distance from shore
1.0 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 20 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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