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Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

WappiSimba – Residency

34th sighting in Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
Fluke of WappiSimba
WappiSimba Confirmed in the catalog @15623
Jun 29 – Aug 18, 2024 · Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

Glacier Bay & Icy Strait · Jun – Aug 2024

203 m
Deepest dive
7:43
Longest dive
265
Dives
Sightings
22
Days between first and last sighting
50

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 29, 2024334 m10.3°C129 m
Jul 3, 202451 m10.3°C33 m
Jul 13, 2024295 m12.6°C84 m
Jul 13, 202476 m11.9°C68 m
Jul 14, 202416 m12.0°C14 m
Jul 14, 2024133 m12.0°C21 m
Jul 15, 202437 m11.7°C19 m
Jul 16, 2024-62 m12.0°C—
Jul 17, 202457 m12.5°C47 m
Jul 19, 202492 m12.9°C45 m
Jul 20, 2024465 m12.7°C117 m
Jul 31, 202484 m12.8°C48 m
Aug 1, 2024112 m12.9°C86 m
Aug 6, 2024236 m14.6°C203 m
Aug 8, 202421 m15.7°C19 m
Aug 11, 202457 m12.8°C43 m
Aug 12, 20246 m14.3°C5 m
Aug 13, 202448 m13.6°C35 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 29, 2024 — seafloor 334 m (measured), deepest dive 129 m (modelled)Jun 29Jul 3, 2024 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Jul 13, 2024 — seafloor 295 m (measured), deepest dive 84 m (modelled)Jul 13, 2024 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Jul 14, 2024 — seafloor 16 m (measured), deepest dive 14 m (modelled)Jul 14Jul 14, 2024 — seafloor 133 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Jul 15, 2024 — seafloor 37 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Jul 16, 2024 — seafloor -62 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 17, 2024 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jul 17Jul 19, 2024 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Jul 20, 2024 — seafloor 465 m (measured), deepest dive 117 m (modelled)Jul 31, 2024 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Aug 1, 2024 — seafloor 112 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)Aug 1Aug 6, 2024 — seafloor 236 m (measured), deepest dive 203 m (modelled)Aug 8, 2024 — seafloor 21 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Aug 11, 2024 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Aug 12, 2024 — seafloor 6 m (measured), deepest dive 5 m (modelled)Aug 12Aug 13, 2024 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Aug 18, 2024 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Aug 18, 2024 — seafloor 147 m (measured), deepest dive 127 m (modelled)Aug 18, 2024 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Aug 18Aug 18, 2024 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)

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

Dives

203 m
Deepest dive
7:43
Longest dive
265
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
22
Sightings
50
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250203 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (236 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 6, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
236 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.6°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 22 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-62 m – 465 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.3°C – 15.7°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 4.0 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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