Elephantus – Residency
17th sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Elephantus @6109
Mar 19 – Aug 14, 2023 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof · Mar – Aug 2023
152 m
Deepest dive
5:29
Longest dive
274
Dives
- Sightings
- 15
- Days between first and last sighting
- 148
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 2023 | 64 m | 4.4°C | 58 m |
| Mar 21, 2023 | 103 m | 4.5°C | 57 m |
| Mar 24, 2023 | 55 m | 4.5°C | 42 m |
| Mar 25, 2023 | 37 m | 4.4°C | 32 m |
| Mar 28, 2023 | 48 m | 4.5°C | 42 m |
| Mar 29, 2023 | 48 m | 4.5°C | 39 m |
| Mar 30, 2023 | 44 m | 4.4°C | 38 m |
| Apr 2, 2023 | 75 m | 4.8°C | 42 m |
| Apr 2, 2023 | 36 m | 4.8°C | 29 m |
| Apr 3, 2023 | 78 m | 4.9°C | 48 m |
| Apr 3, 2023 | 44 m | 4.9°C | 38 m |
| Apr 7, 2023 | 3 m | 5.0°C | 2 m |
| Jun 21, 2023 | 78 m | 10.9°C | 71 m |
| Jun 27, 2023 | 82 m | 10.8°C | 62 m |
| Aug 14, 2023 | 253 m | 13.3°C | 152 m |
Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled
Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting
Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelledDepth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.
Dives
152 m
Deepest dive
5:29
Longest dive
274
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
15
Sightings
148
Days first → last
Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (253 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 14, 2023
measured- Seafloor depth
- 253 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km
Across the residency · 15 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 3 m – 253 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 4.4°C – 13.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 7.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 15 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.