Vulture – Residency
8th sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Vulture @6610
Mar 26 – Jun 10, 2026 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Chatham Strait, Right on Time
Spring herring, cold green water, my flukes right where they belong.
46 m
Deepest dive
2:06
Longest dive
94
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 76
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 2026 | 51 m | 5.1°C | 46 m |
| Mar 27, 2026 | 34 m | 4.9°C | 31 m |
| Mar 28, 2026 | 29 m | 4.9°C | 18 m |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 48 m | 5.0°C | 39 m |
| Jun 10, 2026 | 44 m | 9.2°C | 33 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
46 m
Deepest dive
2:06
Longest dive
94
Dives
16 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
76
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 (51 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Mar 26, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 51 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 5.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 29 m – 51 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 4.9°C – 9.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 2.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.