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Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

Chromosome – Residency

20th sighting in Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
Fluke of Chromosome
Chromosome Confirmed in the catalog @15642
Jun 28 – Aug 1, 2024 · Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

Glacier Bay & Icy Strait · Jun – Aug 2024

118 m
Deepest dive
4:50
Longest dive
156
Dives
Sightings
13
Days between first and last sighting
34

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 28, 2024214 m12.0°C118 m
Jul 13, 202476 m11.9°C36 m
Jul 14, 202416 m12.0°C15 m
Jul 14, 2024133 m12.0°C61 m
Jul 15, 2024132 m11.8°C108 m
Jul 15, 202440 m11.7°C13 m
Jul 16, 2024-73 m12.0°C—
Jul 17, 202452 m12.5°C41 m
Jul 17, 202488 m12.5°C38 m
Jul 18, 2024105 m12.5°C90 m
Jul 30, 2024133 m12.1°C97 m
Jul 31, 202436 m12.8°C32 m
Aug 1, 2024110 m12.9°C38 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 28, 2024 — seafloor 214 m (measured), deepest dive 118 m (modelled)Jun 28Jul 13, 2024 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Jul 14, 2024 — seafloor 16 m (measured), deepest dive 15 m (modelled)Jul 14, 2024 — seafloor 133 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Jul 14Jul 15, 2024 — seafloor 132 m (measured), deepest dive 108 m (modelled)Jul 15, 2024 — seafloor 40 m (measured), deepest dive 13 m (modelled)Jul 16, 2024 — seafloor -73 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 16Jul 17, 2024 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Jul 17, 2024 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Jul 18, 2024 — seafloor 105 m (measured), deepest dive 90 m (modelled)Jul 18Jul 30, 2024 — seafloor 133 m (measured), deepest dive 97 m (modelled)Jul 31, 2024 — seafloor 36 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Aug 1, 2024 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Aug 1

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

Dives

118 m
Deepest dive
4:50
Longest dive
156
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
13
Sightings
34
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150118 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (214 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 · Jun 28, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
214 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.0°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 13 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-73 m – 214 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.7°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 13 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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