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Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

SEAK-1626 – Residency

37th sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Fluke of SEAK-1626
SEAK-1626 Confirmed in the catalog @26929
Jun 29 – Sep 5, 2026 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

Deep Water, Good Company of Herring

Channels ran dark and full — I barely had to look for lunch.

77 m
Deepest dive
3:09
Longest dive
140
Dives
Sightings
10
Days between first and last sighting
68

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 29, 202686 m11.6°C17 m
Jul 1, 2026129 m11.7°C19 m
Jul 8, 202678 m11.8°C63 m
Jul 22, 2026127 m12.8°C77 m
Aug 7, 202640 m14.0°C26 m
Aug 8, 202686 m13.9°C58 m
Aug 9, 202678 m14.4°C53 m
Aug 10, 202682 m14.6°C38 m
Sep 2, 202647 m13.7°C43 m
Sep 5, 202678 m14.0°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
Jun 29, 2026 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Jun 29Jul 1, 2026 — seafloor 129 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Jul 1Jul 8, 2026 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Jul 8Jul 22, 2026 — seafloor 127 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Jul 22Aug 7, 2026 — seafloor 40 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Aug 7Aug 8, 2026 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Aug 8Aug 9, 2026 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Aug 9Aug 10, 2026 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Aug 10Sep 2, 2026 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Sep 2Sep 5, 2026 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Sep 5

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

Dives

77 m
Deepest dive
3:09
Longest dive
140
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
10
Sightings
68
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010077 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (127 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 · Jul 22, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
127 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.8°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 10 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
40 m – 129 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.6°C – 14.6°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 10 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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