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Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

Gavin – Residency

4th sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Fluke of Gavin
Gavin Confirmed in the catalog @5425
Sep 11 – Oct 1, 2020 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof · Sep – Oct 2020

64 m
Deepest dive
2:31
Longest dive
18
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
21

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 11, 202078 m13.6°C64 m
Oct 1, 2020137 m11.6°C34 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Sep 11, 2020 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Sep 11Oct 1, 2020 — seafloor 137 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Oct 1

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

Dives

64 m
Deepest dive
2:31
Longest dive
18
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
21
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010064 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 11, 2020

measured
Seafloor depth
78 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.6°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
78 m – 137 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.6°C – 13.6°C
Distance from shore
2.0 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 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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