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Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

Wedgey – Residency

49th sighting in Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
Fluke of Wedgey
Wedgey Confirmed in the catalog @14641
May 1 – Sep 21, 2024 · Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

Glacier Bay & Icy Strait · May – Sep 2024

92 m
Deepest dive
3:08
Longest dive
228
Dives
Sightings
21
Days between first and last sighting
143

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 1, 202431 m7.7°C24 m
Jun 10, 202464 m8.7°C41 m
Jun 26, 202469 m9.8°C37 m
Jun 30, 202485 m11.4°C35 m
Jun 30, 202475 m11.5°C53 m
Jul 1, 2024113 m11.8°C92 m
Jul 1, 202482 m11.6°C58 m
Jul 9, 202485 m10.6°C65 m
Jul 10, 2024133 m12.2°C47 m
Jul 15, 202483 m11.3°C46 m
Jul 20, 202480 m11.7°C66 m
Jul 23, 202480 m11.0°C29 m
Jul 24, 2024139 m12.1°C38 m
Jul 27, 202464 m11.3°C18 m
Jul 29, 202487 m11.6°C53 m
Jul 29, 202474 m12.1°C68 m
Jul 30, 202449 m11.8°C37 m
Jul 31, 202460 m12.5°C47 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 1, 2024 — seafloor 31 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)May 1Jun 10, 2024 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Jun 26, 2024 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Jun 30, 2024 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Jun 30, 2024 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jun 30Jul 1, 2024 — seafloor 113 m (measured), deepest dive 92 m (modelled)Jul 1, 2024 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Jul 9, 2024 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Jul 10, 2024 — seafloor 133 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jul 10Jul 15, 2024 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Jul 20, 2024 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Jul 23, 2024 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Jul 24, 2024 — seafloor 139 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Jul 24Jul 27, 2024 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Jul 29, 2024 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jul 29, 2024 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Jul 30, 2024 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Jul 30Jul 31, 2024 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Aug 11, 2024 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Aug 12, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Sep 21, 2024 — seafloor 133 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Sep 21

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

Dives

92 m
Deepest dive
3:08
Longest dive
228
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
21
Sightings
143
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010092 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (113 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 1, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
113 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.8°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 21 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
31 m – 139 m
Sea-surface temperature
7.7°C – 12.9°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 3.0 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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