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Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

SEAK-1953 – Residency

32nd sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Fluke of SEAK-1953
SEAK-1953 Confirmed in the catalog @39433
Apr 1 – Jul 30, 2023 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof · Apr – Jul 2023

117 m
Deepest dive
8:08
Longest dive
293
Dives
Sightings
23
Days between first and last sighting
120
Deepest dive on record
117 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 1, 202341 m4.9°C33 m
Apr 2, 202373 m4.7°C62 m
Apr 2, 202337 m4.9°C32 m
Apr 11, 202338 m5.0°C23 m
May 14, 202341 m8.2°C37 m
May 23, 202372 m8.5°C46 m
May 23, 202372 m8.5°C63 m
Jun 5, 202378 m9.4°C65 m
Jun 7, 202342 m9.6°C38 m
Jun 8, 202321 m9.8°C19 m
Jun 8, 202378 m10.0°C65 m
Jun 8, 202334 m9.9°C25 m
Jun 9, 202378 m10.3°C60 m
Jun 11, 202378 m10.6°C57 m
Jun 19, 202318 m11.0°C16 m
Jun 20, 202331 m10.8°C28 m
Jun 20, 202378 m11.1°C71 m
Jun 21, 202378 m10.9°C43 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 1, 2023 — seafloor 41 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Apr 1Apr 2, 2023 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Apr 2, 2023 — seafloor 37 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Apr 11, 2023 — seafloor 38 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)May 14, 2023 — seafloor 41 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)May 14May 23, 2023 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)May 23, 2023 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Jun 5, 2023 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Jun 7, 2023 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Jun 7Jun 8, 2023 — seafloor 21 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Jun 8, 2023 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Jun 8, 2023 — seafloor 34 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Jun 9, 2023 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Jun 9Jun 11, 2023 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jun 19, 2023 — seafloor 18 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)Jun 20, 2023 — seafloor 31 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Jun 20, 2023 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Jun 20Jun 21, 2023 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Jun 21, 2023 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Jun 21, 2023 — seafloor 28 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Jul 4, 2023 — seafloor 212 m (measured), deepest dive 117 m (modelled)Jul 4Jul 10, 2023 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Jul 30, 2023 — seafloor 136 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)

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

Dives

117 m
Deepest dive
8:08
Longest dive
293
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
23
Sightings
120
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150117 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (212 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 4, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
212 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.9°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 23 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
18 m – 212 m
Sea-surface temperature
4.7°C – 15.3°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 23 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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