Activity map — real sighting points on an OpenStreetMap basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors
Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

SEAK-5443 – Residency

4th sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Fluke of SEAK-5443
SEAK-5443 Confirmed in the catalog @51314
Mar 24 – May 11, 2023 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof · Mar – May 2023

48 m
Deepest dive
2:17
Longest dive
68
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
48

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →
SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 24, 202364 m—47 m
Mar 28, 202353 m—48 m
Mar 28, 202370 m—47 m
Mar 29, 202351 m—47 m
May 11, 20235 m—4 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

Activity map — real sighting points on an OpenStreetMap basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors

Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Mar 24, 2023 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Mar 24Mar 28, 2023 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Mar 28Mar 28, 2023 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Mar 28Mar 29, 2023 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Mar 29May 11, 2023 — seafloor 5 m (measured), deepest dive 4 m (modelled)May 11

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

Dives

48 m
Deepest dive
2:17
Longest dive
68
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
48
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →

Dive profile

modelled
0255048 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (53 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.

Unlock with Risa Deep

Place

Where this happened · Mar 28, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
53 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
5 m – 70 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

Activity map — real sighting points on an OpenStreetMap basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors

Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

The photographs and fluke identifications behind every sighting are the work of the contributing observers — the citizen scientists, naturalists and operators who logged them, each named in the underlying GBIF occurrence record. Every activity links out to its source encounters on Happywhale. Basemaps © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Happywhale runs on donations: support Happywhale →

Breach is an independent project. It is not affiliated with, nor endorsed by, Happywhale or GBIF.