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Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

SEAK-1626 – Residency

22nd sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Fluke of SEAK-1626
SEAK-1626 Confirmed in the catalog @26929
Aug 22 – Sep 26, 2023 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof · Aug – Sep 2023

75 m
Deepest dive
3:12
Longest dive
105
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
35

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 22, 202378 m14.9°C41 m
Aug 23, 202367 m14.6°C58 m
Sep 4, 202378 m13.6°C25 m
Sep 5, 202378 m13.7°C70 m
Sep 5, 202378 m13.7°C55 m
Sep 26, 202384 m11.4°C75 m
Sep 26, 202378 m11.4°C67 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 22, 2023 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Aug 22Aug 23, 2023 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Aug 23Sep 4, 2023 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Sep 4Sep 5, 2023 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Sep 5Sep 5, 2023 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Sep 5Sep 26, 2023 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Sep 26Sep 26, 2023 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Sep 26

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

Dives

75 m
Deepest dive
3:12
Longest dive
105
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
35
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010075 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (84 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 · Sep 26, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
84 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.4°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
67 m – 84 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.4°C – 14.9°C
Distance from shore
2.0 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 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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