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Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

SEAK-5253 – Residency

6th sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Fluke of SEAK-5253
SEAK-5253 Confirmed in the catalog @41354
Mar 29 – Apr 3, 2023 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof · Mar – Apr 2023

56 m
Deepest dive
2:47
Longest dive
40
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
5

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 29, 202351 m—24 m
Mar 29, 202346 m—32 m
Mar 30, 202360 m—34 m
Apr 3, 202378 m—56 m
Apr 3, 202346 m—23 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Mar 29, 2023 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Mar 29Mar 29, 2023 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Mar 29Mar 30, 2023 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Mar 30Apr 3, 2023 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Apr 3Apr 3, 2023 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Apr 3

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

Dives

56 m
Deepest dive
2:47
Longest dive
40
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
5
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010056 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (78 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 · Apr 3, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
78 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
46 m – 78 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 7.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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