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Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

SEAK-5332 – Residency

21st sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Fluke of SEAK-5332
SEAK-5332 Confirmed in the catalog @45285
Jul 4 – 12, 2026 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

Herring Run, Full Belly

Spotted often enough this month to feel properly settled in.

116 m
Deepest dive
4:47
Longest dive
28
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
8

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 4, 2026126 m11.7°C110 m
Jul 9, 2026122 m12.1°C45 m
Jul 12, 2026133 m12.6°C116 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 4, 2026 — seafloor 126 m (measured), deepest dive 110 m (modelled)Jul 4Jul 9, 2026 — seafloor 122 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Jul 9Jul 12, 2026 — seafloor 133 m (measured), deepest dive 116 m (modelled)Jul 12

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

Dives

116 m
Deepest dive
4:47
Longest dive
28
Dives
37 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
8
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150116 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (133 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 12, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
133 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.6°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
122 m – 133 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.7°C – 12.6°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km – 8.0 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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