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Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

SEAK-1692 – Residency

60th sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Fluke of SEAK-1692
SEAK-1692 Confirmed in the catalog @37883
Jun 30 – Sep 29, 2026 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

Chatham Strait, running deep

Whole late summer parked over the herring, and folks kept catching me at it.

114 m
Deepest dive
4:47
Longest dive
238
Dives
Sightings
21
Days between first and last sighting
91

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 30, 2026108 m11.9°C78 m
Jul 2, 202678 m11.8°C35 m
Jul 4, 2026114 m11.7°C49 m
Jul 7, 2026125 m12.0°C73 m
Jul 15, 202678 m13.1°C57 m
Jul 16, 202678 m13.0°C68 m
Jul 20, 202698 m12.7°C82 m
Jul 23, 202678 m12.9°C58 m
Jul 29, 202678 m13.2°C45 m
Jul 31, 2026126 m13.1°C114 m
Aug 1, 2026109 m13.1°C54 m
Aug 2, 2026120 m13.4°C61 m
Aug 16, 202674 m15.0°C25 m
Aug 19, 202693 m14.6°C79 m
Aug 20, 202678 m14.6°C40 m
Aug 25, 2026143 m14.6°C47 m
Aug 30, 2026136 m14.4°C105 m
Sep 11, 2026137 m13.6°C25 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 30, 2026 — seafloor 108 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Jun 30Jul 2, 2026 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Jul 4, 2026 — seafloor 114 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jul 7, 2026 — seafloor 125 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Jul 15, 2026 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jul 15Jul 16, 2026 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Jul 20, 2026 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Jul 23, 2026 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Jul 29, 2026 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Jul 29Jul 31, 2026 — seafloor 126 m (measured), deepest dive 114 m (modelled)Aug 1, 2026 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Aug 2, 2026 — seafloor 120 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Aug 16, 2026 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Aug 16Aug 19, 2026 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Aug 20, 2026 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Aug 25, 2026 — seafloor 143 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Aug 30, 2026 — seafloor 136 m (measured), deepest dive 105 m (modelled)Aug 30Sep 11, 2026 — seafloor 137 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Sep 14, 2026 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Sep 17, 2026 — seafloor 143 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Sep 29, 2026 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Sep 29

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

Dives

114 m
Deepest dive
4:47
Longest dive
238
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
21
Sightings
91
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150114 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (126 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 31, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
126 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.1°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 21 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
74 m – 143 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.7°C – 15.0°C
Distance from shore
4.0 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 21 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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