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Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

SEAK-5644 – Residency

12th sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Fluke of SEAK-5644
SEAK-5644 Confirmed in the catalog @46796
Aug 20 – Sep 17, 2021 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof · Aug – Sep 2021

68 m
Deepest dive
2:49
Longest dive
101
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
29

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 20, 202122 m14.4°C20 m
Aug 20, 202150 m14.4°C25 m
Aug 23, 2021145 m14.5°C55 m
Aug 31, 202178 m14.4°C65 m
Sep 17, 202178 m12.5°C68 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 20, 2021 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Aug 20Aug 20, 2021 — seafloor 50 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Aug 20Aug 23, 2021 — seafloor 145 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Aug 23Aug 31, 2021 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Aug 31Sep 17, 2021 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Sep 17

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

Dives

68 m
Deepest dive
2:49
Longest dive
101
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
29
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010068 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 · Sep 17, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
78 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.5°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
22 m – 145 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.5°C – 14.5°C
Distance from shore
6.0 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 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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