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Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

Knight Rider – Residency

32nd sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Fluke of Knight Rider
Knight Rider Confirmed in the catalog @95260
Aug 15 – 22, 2024 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof · Aug 2024

76 m
Deepest dive
3:32
Longest dive
73
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
6

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 15, 202478 m14.6°C57 m
Aug 16, 202478 m14.3°C62 m
Aug 19, 2024130 m14.6°C76 m
Aug 19, 202478 m14.9°C37 m
Aug 22, 202478 m13.4°C51 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, 2024 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Aug 15Aug 16, 2024 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Aug 16Aug 19, 2024 — seafloor 130 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Aug 19Aug 19, 2024 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Aug 19Aug 22, 2024 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Aug 22

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

Dives

76 m
Deepest dive
3:32
Longest dive
73
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
6
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010076 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (130 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 19, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
130 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.6°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
78 m – 130 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.4°C – 14.9°C
Distance from shore
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 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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