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Kenai Fjords & Resurrection Bay

Qugaarkunani – Residency

8th sighting in Kenai Fjords & Resurrection Bay
Fluke of Qugaarkunani
Qugaarkunani Confirmed in the catalog @57911
Aug 15 – Sep 5, 2021 · Kenai Fjords & Resurrection Bay

Kenai Fjords & Resurrection Bay · Aug – Sep 2021

140 m
Deepest dive
4:45
Longest dive
52
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
21
Deepest dive on record
140 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 15, 202192 m—84 m
Aug 26, 2021286 m—140 m
Aug 27, 2021122 m—80 m
Aug 27, 2021297 m—40 m
Sep 4, 202152 m—43 m
Sep 5, 202156 m—36 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 15, 2021 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 84 m (modelled)Aug 15Aug 26, 2021 — seafloor 286 m (measured), deepest dive 140 m (modelled)Aug 26Aug 27, 2021 — seafloor 122 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Aug 27Aug 27, 2021 — seafloor 297 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Aug 27Sep 4, 2021 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Sep 4Sep 5, 2021 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Sep 5

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

Dives

140 m
Deepest dive
4:45
Longest dive
52
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
21
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150140 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (286 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 · Aug 26, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
286 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
52 m – 297 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 2.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 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.

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