SEAK-1626 – Residency
37th sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer BaranofSEAK-1626 @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
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2026 | 86 m | 11.6°C | 17 m |
| Jul 1, 2026 | 129 m | 11.7°C | 19 m |
| Jul 8, 2026 | 78 m | 11.8°C | 63 m |
| Jul 22, 2026 | 127 m | 12.8°C | 77 m |
| Aug 7, 2026 | 40 m | 14.0°C | 26 m |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 86 m | 13.9°C | 58 m |
| Aug 9, 2026 | 78 m | 14.4°C | 53 m |
| Aug 10, 2026 | 82 m | 14.6°C | 38 m |
| Sep 2, 2026 | 47 m | 13.7°C | 43 m |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 78 m | 14.0°C | 72 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
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
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (127 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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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
Source records
This activity is assembled from 10 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.