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Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

Sherona – Residency

15th sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Fluke of Sherona
Sherona Confirmed in the catalog @6441
Mar 24 – 29, 2025 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof · Mar 2025

65 m
Deepest dive
2:34
Longest dive
43
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
5

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 24, 2025184 m6.2°C47 m
Mar 28, 2025104 m5.7°C21 m
Mar 29, 202578 m6.1°C65 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 24, 2025 — seafloor 184 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Mar 24Mar 28, 2025 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Mar 28Mar 29, 2025 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Mar 29

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

Dives

65 m
Deepest dive
2:34
Longest dive
43
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
5
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010065 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 · Mar 29, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
78 m
Sea-surface temperature
6.1°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
78 m – 184 m
Sea-surface temperature
5.7°C – 6.2°C
Distance from shore
1.0 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 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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