SEAK-1277 – Residency
8th sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
SEAK-1277 @37136
Jun 3 – 22, 2026 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Green Water, Good Company
Lots of eyes on me this stretch — the strait was generous, and so was I.
80 m
Deepest dive
3:17
Longest dive
89
Dives
- Sightings
- 7
- Days between first and last sighting
- 18
- Deepest dive on record
- 80 m · this residency
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 2026 | 78 m | 10.6°C | 45 m |
| Jun 7, 2026 | 78 m | 10.3°C | 32 m |
| Jun 10, 2026 | 78 m | 11.0°C | 59 m |
| Jun 12, 2026 | 78 m | 10.3°C | 63 m |
| Jun 16, 2026 | 117 m | 10.1°C | 80 m |
| Jun 18, 2026 | 39 m | 10.2°C | 33 m |
| Jun 22, 2026 | 77 m | 11.5°C | 60 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
80 m
Deepest dive
3:17
Longest dive
89
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
18
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 (117 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jun 16, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 117 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 10.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km
Across the residency · 7 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 39 m – 117 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 10.1°C – 11.5°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 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.