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Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

SEAK-1626 – Residency

24th sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Fluke of SEAK-1626
SEAK-1626 Confirmed in the catalog @26929
Jul 5 – Aug 29, 2024 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof · Jul – Aug 2024

31 m
Deepest dive
1:39
Longest dive
11
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
55

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 5, 202436 m12.2°C21 m
Aug 29, 202443 m13.5°C31 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 5, 2024 — seafloor 36 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Jul 5Aug 29, 2024 — seafloor 43 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Aug 29

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

Dives

31 m
Deepest dive
1:39
Longest dive
11
Dives
15 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
55
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255031 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (43 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 29, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
43 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.5°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
36 m – 43 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.2°C – 13.5°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 4.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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