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Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

Viking – Residency

2nd sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Fluke of Viking
Viking Confirmed in the catalog @4621
Jul 10 – Oct 18, 2017 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof · Jul – Oct 2017

185 m
Deepest dive
6:49
Longest dive
54
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
100

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 10, 2017492 m10.3°C95 m
Jul 18, 2017216 m12.2°C185 m
Aug 19, 2017153 m12.8°C64 m
Oct 18, 2017132 m8.8°C85 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 10, 2017 — seafloor 492 m (measured), deepest dive 95 m (modelled)Jul 10Jul 18, 2017 — seafloor 216 m (measured), deepest dive 185 m (modelled)Jul 18Aug 19, 2017 — seafloor 153 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Aug 19Oct 18, 2017 — seafloor 132 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Oct 18

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

Dives

185 m
Deepest dive
6:49
Longest dive
54
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
100
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200185 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (216 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, 2017

measured
Seafloor depth
216 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.2°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
132 m – 492 m
Sea-surface temperature
8.8°C – 12.8°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 5.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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