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Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

SEAK-1626 – Residency

15th sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Fluke of SEAK-1626
SEAK-1626 Confirmed in the catalog @26929
Jul 27 – Aug 12, 2022 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof · Jul – Aug 2022

72 m
Deepest dive
4:06
Longest dive
144
Dives
Sightings
12
Days between first and last sighting
17

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 27, 202278 m13.0°C53 m
Jul 27, 202278 m13.0°C58 m
Jul 29, 202278 m12.9°C37 m
Aug 1, 202278 m13.2°C54 m
Aug 3, 2022101 m13.9°C58 m
Aug 3, 202278 m14.0°C35 m
Aug 3, 202278 m14.0°C46 m
Aug 10, 202299 m14.1°C61 m
Aug 11, 202237 m14.0°C33 m
Aug 11, 202278 m14.2°C41 m
Aug 12, 2022130 m14.3°C51 m
Aug 12, 202294 m14.3°C72 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 27, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jul 27Jul 27, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Jul 27Jul 29, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Jul 29Aug 1, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Aug 1Aug 3, 2022 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Aug 3Aug 3, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Aug 3Aug 3, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Aug 3Aug 10, 2022 — seafloor 99 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Aug 10Aug 11, 2022 — seafloor 37 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Aug 11Aug 11, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Aug 11Aug 12, 2022 — seafloor 130 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Aug 12Aug 12, 2022 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Aug 12

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

Dives

72 m
Deepest dive
4:06
Longest dive
144
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
12
Sightings
17
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010072 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (94 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 · Aug 12, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
94 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.3°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 12 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
37 m – 130 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.9°C – 14.3°C
Distance from shore
5.0 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 12 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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