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Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

SEAK-1834 – Residency

20th sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Fluke of SEAK-1834
SEAK-1834 Confirmed in the catalog @26854
Mar 19 – Sep 26, 2023 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof · Mar – Sep 2023

114 m
Deepest dive
5:11
Longest dive
209
Dives
Sightings
19
Days between first and last sighting
191

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 19, 202363 m4.5°C55 m
Mar 24, 202364 m4.5°C50 m
Mar 27, 202398 m4.6°C81 m
Mar 28, 202336 m4.4°C32 m
Mar 28, 202369 m4.4°C49 m
Apr 1, 202327 m4.9°C25 m
Apr 1, 202327 m4.9°C18 m
Apr 2, 202378 m4.9°C27 m
Apr 2, 202373 m4.7°C51 m
Apr 2, 202337 m4.9°C32 m
Apr 3, 202336 m4.9°C32 m
Apr 7, 20239 m5.1°C7 m
May 24, 202345 m7.9°C35 m
Jun 18, 2023609 m10.4°C114 m
Aug 4, 2023292 m13.3°C50 m
Sep 12, 202362 m12.0°C51 m
Sep 13, 202355 m12.0°C47 m
Sep 19, 202395 m10.2°C41 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 19, 2023 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Mar 19Mar 24, 2023 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Mar 27, 2023 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Mar 28, 2023 — seafloor 36 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Mar 28, 2023 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Mar 28Apr 1, 2023 — seafloor 27 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Apr 1, 2023 — seafloor 27 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Apr 2, 2023 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Apr 2, 2023 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Apr 2Apr 2, 2023 — seafloor 37 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Apr 3, 2023 — seafloor 36 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Apr 7, 2023 — seafloor 9 m (measured), deepest dive 7 m (modelled)May 24, 2023 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)May 24Jun 18, 2023 — seafloor 609 m (measured), deepest dive 114 m (modelled)Aug 4, 2023 — seafloor 292 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Sep 12, 2023 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Sep 13, 2023 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Sep 13Sep 19, 2023 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Sep 26, 2023 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)

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

Dives

114 m
Deepest dive
5:11
Longest dive
209
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
19
Sightings
191
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150114 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (609 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 18, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
609 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.4°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 19 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
9 m – 609 m
Sea-surface temperature
4.4°C – 13.3°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 19 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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