Kirk – Residency
11th sighting in Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
Kirk @16849
May 29 – Jul 25, 2026 · Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
Silt Water, Same Old Herring
Narrows still deliver — I surfaced, showed fluke, vanished. Good stretch.
75 m
Deepest dive
3:47
Longest dive
32
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 56
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2026 | 109 m | 8.0°C | 75 m |
| Jul 22, 2026 | 436 m | 13.2°C | 65 m |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 309 m | 13.2°C | 60 m |
Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled
Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting
Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelledDepth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.
Dives
75 m
Deepest dive
3:47
Longest dive
32
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
56
Days first → last
Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (109 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · May 29, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 109 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 8.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 109 m – 436 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 8.0°C – 13.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 2.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.