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Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

Knight Rider – Residency

27th sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Fluke of Knight Rider
Knight Rider Confirmed in the catalog @95260
Jul 21 – Sep 20, 2023 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof · Jul – Sep 2023

102 m
Deepest dive
3:39
Longest dive
251
Dives
Sightings
22
Days between first and last sighting
61

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 21, 2023132 m13.2°C24 m
Jul 26, 202367 m14.3°C48 m
Jul 27, 202378 m15.1°C61 m
Jul 29, 202327 m14.2°C25 m
Jul 30, 202395 m15.3°C52 m
Jul 31, 2023124 m15.1°C63 m
Aug 1, 2023245 m14.7°C62 m
Aug 1, 202392 m15.1°C50 m
Aug 2, 202378 m15.4°C66 m
Aug 3, 202373 m15.1°C44 m
Aug 3, 2023119 m15.3°C47 m
Aug 4, 202378 m15.5°C49 m
Aug 4, 202395 m15.4°C79 m
Aug 7, 202375 m15.2°C39 m
Aug 9, 2023100 m15.3°C17 m
Aug 10, 2023120 m15.2°C102 m
Aug 10, 202353 m15.2°C41 m
Aug 15, 202378 m14.5°C29 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 21, 2023 — seafloor 132 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Jul 21Jul 26, 2023 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Jul 27, 2023 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Jul 29, 2023 — seafloor 27 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Jul 30, 2023 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Jul 30Jul 31, 2023 — seafloor 124 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Aug 1, 2023 — seafloor 245 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Aug 1, 2023 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Aug 2, 2023 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Aug 2Aug 3, 2023 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Aug 3, 2023 — seafloor 119 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Aug 4, 2023 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Aug 4, 2023 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Aug 4Aug 7, 2023 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Aug 9, 2023 — seafloor 100 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Aug 10, 2023 — seafloor 120 m (measured), deepest dive 102 m (modelled)Aug 10, 2023 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Aug 10Aug 15, 2023 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Aug 27, 2023 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Aug 31, 2023 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Sep 20, 2023 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Sep 20Sep 20, 2023 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)

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

Dives

102 m
Deepest dive
3:39
Longest dive
251
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
22
Sightings
61
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150102 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (120 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 10, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
120 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.2°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 22 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
27 m – 245 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.6°C – 15.5°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 22 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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