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Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

Wedgey – Residency

85th sighting in Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
Fluke of Wedgey
Wedgey Confirmed in the catalog @14641
May 13 – Aug 24, 2026 · Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

Whole Season, Right Here

Herring thick, water cold, cameras clicking all summer — that's a good stretch.

122 m
Deepest dive
5:25
Longest dive
292
Dives
Sightings
21
Days between first and last sighting
103
Deepest dive on record
122 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 13, 202626 m7.9°C23 m
Jun 16, 202697 m9.4°C70 m
Jun 20, 202652 m11.3°C31 m
Jun 21, 202685 m11.3°C38 m
Jun 23, 2026241 m11.5°C28 m
Jun 25, 2026133 m11.6°C55 m
Jun 30, 202666 m11.8°C53 m
Jul 8, 2026241 m12.0°C59 m
Jul 9, 2026122 m12.3°C32 m
Jul 13, 2026135 m13.0°C110 m
Jul 14, 202668 m13.1°C43 m
Jul 15, 202669 m13.3°C60 m
Jul 18, 202663 m13.2°C52 m
Jul 19, 202684 m13.1°C43 m
Jul 21, 2026241 m13.0°C122 m
Jul 28, 202653 m13.3°C32 m
Jul 29, 202665 m13.2°C55 m
Jul 31, 202670 m13.1°C34 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 13, 2026 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)May 13Jun 16, 2026 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Jun 20, 2026 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Jun 21, 2026 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Jun 23, 2026 — seafloor 241 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Jun 23Jun 25, 2026 — seafloor 133 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Jun 30, 2026 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jul 8, 2026 — seafloor 241 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Jul 9, 2026 — seafloor 122 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Jul 9Jul 13, 2026 — seafloor 135 m (measured), deepest dive 110 m (modelled)Jul 14, 2026 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Jul 15, 2026 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Jul 18, 2026 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Jul 18Jul 19, 2026 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Jul 21, 2026 — seafloor 241 m (measured), deepest dive 122 m (modelled)Jul 28, 2026 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Jul 29, 2026 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Jul 29Jul 31, 2026 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Aug 5, 2026 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Aug 9, 2026 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Aug 24, 2026 — seafloor 39 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Aug 24

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

Dives

122 m
Deepest dive
5:25
Longest dive
292
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
21
Sightings
103
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150122 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (241 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 · Jul 21, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
241 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.0°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 21 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
26 m – 241 m
Sea-surface temperature
7.9°C – 14.9°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 6.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 21 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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