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Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

Jupiter's Beard – Residency

8th sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Fluke of Jupiter's Beard
Jupiter's Beard Confirmed in the catalog @5321
Mar 28 – Apr 7, 2023 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof · Mar – Apr 2023

45 m
Deepest dive
2:17
Longest dive
137
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
10

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 28, 202329 m4.4°C24 m
Mar 29, 202351 m4.4°C44 m
Mar 30, 202343 m4.4°C38 m
Mar 31, 202332 m4.7°C28 m
Apr 2, 202349 m4.8°C41 m
Apr 2, 202359 m4.8°C45 m
Apr 4, 202332 m4.9°C28 m
Apr 7, 20233 m5.0°C3 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Mar 28, 2023 — seafloor 29 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Mar 28Mar 29, 2023 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Mar 29Mar 30, 2023 — seafloor 43 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Mar 30Mar 31, 2023 — seafloor 32 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Mar 31Apr 2, 2023 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Apr 2Apr 2, 2023 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Apr 2Apr 4, 2023 — seafloor 32 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Apr 4Apr 7, 2023 — seafloor 3 m (measured), deepest dive 3 m (modelled)Apr 7

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

Dives

45 m
Deepest dive
2:17
Longest dive
137
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
10
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255045 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (59 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 · Apr 2, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
59 m
Sea-surface temperature
4.8°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
3 m – 59 m
Sea-surface temperature
4.4°C – 5.0°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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