Activity map — real sighting points on an OpenStreetMap basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors
Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

Chromosome – Residency

24th sighting in Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
Fluke of Chromosome
Chromosome Confirmed in the catalog @15642
May 30 – Aug 15, 2025 · Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

Glacier Bay & Icy Strait · May – Aug 2025

91 m
Deepest dive
3:41
Longest dive
102
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
77

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →
SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 30, 202568 m8.9°C31 m
Jun 3, 202564 m8.8°C53 m
Jun 21, 2025250 m11.4°C54 m
Jun 23, 2025250 m11.6°C91 m
Jun 30, 2025127 m11.8°C85 m
Jul 31, 2025182 m14.5°C84 m
Aug 5, 202568 m14.5°C56 m
Aug 15, 202535 m13.9°C31 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

Activity map — real sighting points on an OpenStreetMap basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors

Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 30, 2025 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)May 30Jun 3, 2025 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jun 3Jun 21, 2025 — seafloor 250 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Jun 21Jun 23, 2025 — seafloor 250 m (measured), deepest dive 91 m (modelled)Jun 23Jun 30, 2025 — seafloor 127 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Jun 30Jul 31, 2025 — seafloor 182 m (measured), deepest dive 84 m (modelled)Jul 31Aug 5, 2025 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Aug 5Aug 15, 2025 — seafloor 35 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Aug 15

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

Dives

91 m
Deepest dive
3:41
Longest dive
102
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
77
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →

Dive profile

modelled
05010091 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (250 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.

Unlock with Risa Deep

Place

Where this happened · Jun 23, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
250 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.6°C
Distance from shore
—

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
35 m – 250 m
Sea-surface temperature
8.8°C – 14.5°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 3.0 km

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

Activity map — real sighting points on an OpenStreetMap basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors

Source records

This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

The photographs and fluke identifications behind every sighting are the work of the contributing observers — the citizen scientists, naturalists and operators who logged them, each named in the underlying GBIF occurrence record. Every activity links out to its source encounters on Happywhale. Basemaps © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Happywhale runs on donations: support Happywhale →

Breach is an independent project. It is not affiliated with, nor endorsed by, Happywhale or GBIF.