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Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

Van Bubbles – Residency

22nd sighting in Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
Fluke of Van Bubbles
Van Bubbles Confirmed in the catalog @16920
Jun 17 – Aug 6, 2020 · Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

Glacier Bay & Icy Strait · Jun – Aug 2020

123 m
Deepest dive
5:27
Longest dive
45
Dives
Sightings
7
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 17, 2020496 m10.4°C48 m
Jun 23, 2020120 m10.3°C79 m
Jul 4, 202072 m11.4°C37 m
Jul 11, 2020107 m12.5°C61 m
Jul 13, 202061 m12.6°C34 m
Jul 29, 2020531 m11.7°C114 m
Aug 6, 2020501 m12.3°C123 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 17, 2020 — seafloor 496 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Jun 17Jun 23, 2020 — seafloor 120 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Jun 23Jul 4, 2020 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Jul 4Jul 11, 2020 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Jul 11Jul 13, 2020 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Jul 13Jul 29, 2020 — seafloor 531 m (measured), deepest dive 114 m (modelled)Jul 29Aug 6, 2020 — seafloor 501 m (measured), deepest dive 123 m (modelled)Aug 6

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

Dives

123 m
Deepest dive
5:27
Longest dive
45
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
50
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150123 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (501 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, 2020

measured
Seafloor depth
501 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.3°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
61 m – 531 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.3°C – 12.6°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 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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