SEAK-2028 – Residency
5th sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
SEAK-2028 @26862
Mar 20 – Jul 18, 2026 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Ice-Water Season, Wide Open
Glaciers cracking, water full of company, me right where cameras find me.
110 m
Deepest dive
4:23
Longest dive
62
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 120
- Deepest dive on record
- 110 m · this residency
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 2026 | 108 m | 5.0°C | 59 m |
| Mar 27, 2026 | 46 m | 4.9°C | 41 m |
| Jun 6, 2026 | -27 m | 10.5°C | — |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 133 m | 11.3°C | 110 m |
| Jun 24, 2026 | 63 m | 11.4°C | 54 m |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 35 m | 13.2°C | 30 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
110 m
Deepest dive
4:23
Longest dive
62
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
120
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 (133 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jun 20, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 133 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- -27 m – 133 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 4.9°C – 13.2°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 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.