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Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

Parcheesy – Residency

106th sighting in Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
Fluke of Parcheesy
Parcheesy Confirmed in the catalog @16919
May 31 – Sep 2, 2026 · Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

A Whole Summer of This House

Every corner of this bay lit up with herring, and I was everywhere in it.

195 m
Deepest dive
7:14
Longest dive
159
Dives
Sightings
16
Days between first and last sighting
94

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 31, 20262 m8.4°C2 m
Jun 2, 202660 m8.3°C53 m
Jun 5, 202642 m9.8°C38 m
Jun 8, 202660 m9.7°C51 m
Jun 9, 202672 m9.9°C64 m
Jun 11, 2026487 m9.8°C195 m
Jun 16, 202682 m9.7°C67 m
Jun 17, 2026117 m9.8°C54 m
Jun 21, 2026556 m11.2°C104 m
Jun 22, 2026197 m11.4°C25 m
Jun 29, 2026182 m11.8°C57 m
Jun 30, 2026459 m11.8°C83 m
Jul 22, 2026436 m13.2°C79 m
Jul 28, 202671 m13.3°C56 m
Aug 3, 2026193 m13.6°C177 m
Sep 2, 202618 m13.6°C15 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 31, 2026 — seafloor 2 m (measured), deepest dive 2 m (modelled)May 31Jun 2, 2026 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jun 5, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Jun 8, 2026 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Jun 8Jun 9, 2026 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Jun 11, 2026 — seafloor 487 m (measured), deepest dive 195 m (modelled)Jun 16, 2026 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Jun 16Jun 17, 2026 — seafloor 117 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Jun 21, 2026 — seafloor 556 m (measured), deepest dive 104 m (modelled)Jun 22, 2026 — seafloor 197 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Jun 22Jun 29, 2026 — seafloor 182 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jun 30, 2026 — seafloor 459 m (measured), deepest dive 83 m (modelled)Jul 22, 2026 — seafloor 436 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Jul 22Jul 28, 2026 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Aug 3, 2026 — seafloor 193 m (measured), deepest dive 177 m (modelled)Sep 2, 2026 — seafloor 18 m (measured), deepest dive 15 m (modelled)Sep 2

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

Dives

195 m
Deepest dive
7:14
Longest dive
159
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
16
Sightings
94
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200195 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (487 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

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Place

Where this happened · Jun 11, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
487 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.8°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 16 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
2 m – 556 m
Sea-surface temperature
8.3°C – 13.6°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 5.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 16 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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