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Prince William Sound

Macarena – Residency

8th sighting in Prince William Sound
Fluke of Macarena
Macarena Confirmed in the catalog @41376
Jul 18 – Sep 16, 2026 · Prince William Sound

Steep Shores, Full Herring

Mountains straight into the water, herring thick, me right where I like it.

200 m
Deepest dive
6:56
Longest dive
21
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
60

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 18, 2026262 m11.7°C200 m
Sep 11, 2026212 m—45 m
Sep 16, 202630 m—24 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 18, 2026 — seafloor 262 m (measured), deepest dive 200 m (modelled)Jul 18Sep 11, 2026 — seafloor 212 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Sep 11Sep 16, 2026 — seafloor 30 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Sep 16

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

Dives

200 m
Deepest dive
6:56
Longest dive
21
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
60
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250200 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (262 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 18, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
262 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.7°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
30 m – 262 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.7°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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