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Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

SEAK-5644 – Residency

21st sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Fluke of SEAK-5644
SEAK-5644 Confirmed in the catalog @46796
Jul 29 – Sep 19, 2024 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof · Jul – Sep 2024

49 m
Deepest dive
1:49
Longest dive
29
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
51

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 29, 202444 m13.8°C28 m
Jul 29, 202478 m13.9°C37 m
Aug 27, 2024-1 m12.4°C—
Sep 17, 202428 m12.0°C23 m
Sep 19, 202478 m12.3°C49 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 29, 2024 — seafloor 44 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Jul 29Jul 29, 2024 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Jul 29Aug 27, 2024 — seafloor -1 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 27Sep 17, 2024 — seafloor 28 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Sep 17Sep 19, 2024 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Sep 19

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

Dives

49 m
Deepest dive
1:49
Longest dive
29
Dives
16 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
51
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255049 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 19, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
78 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.3°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-1 m – 78 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.0°C – 13.9°C
Distance from shore
1.0 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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