Van Bubbles – Residency
72nd sighting in Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
Van Bubbles @16920
Jul 12 – Aug 19, 2025 · Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
Glacier Bay & Icy Strait · Jul – Aug 2025
109 m
Deepest dive
3:30
Longest dive
131
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 38
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 2025 | 118 m | 12.8°C | 69 m |
| Jul 27, 2025 | 139 m | 14.6°C | 109 m |
| Aug 2, 2025 | 116 m | 14.4°C | 92 m |
| Aug 16, 2025 | 139 m | 14.8°C | 62 m |
| Aug 18, 2025 | 11 m | 14.1°C | 10 m |
| Aug 19, 2025 | 103 m | 14.2°C | 67 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
109 m
Deepest dive
3:30
Longest dive
131
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
38
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 (139 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 27, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 139 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 11 m – 139 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.8°C – 14.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.