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Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

SEAK-2358 – Residency

4th sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Fluke of SEAK-2358
SEAK-2358 Confirmed in the catalog @37109
Jun 29 – Jul 14, 2026 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

Straits, Same Faces

Caught working the tide lines with flukes I actually know.

85 m
Deepest dive
3:00
Longest dive
73
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
15

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 29, 2026105 m11.6°C85 m
Jul 12, 2026140 m12.6°C64 m
Jul 13, 2026108 m12.8°C69 m
Jul 14, 202678 m13.0°C52 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 105 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Jun 29Jul 12, 2026 — seafloor 140 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Jul 12Jul 13, 2026 — seafloor 108 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Jul 13Jul 14, 2026 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Jul 14

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

Dives

85 m
Deepest dive
3:00
Longest dive
73
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
15
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010085 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (105 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 · Jun 29, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
105 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.6°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
78 m – 140 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.6°C – 13.0°C
Distance from shore
6.0 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 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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