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Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

Starsky Balaena Beckert – Residency

27th sighting in Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
Fluke of Starsky Balaena Beckert
Starsky Balaena Beckert Confirmed in the catalog @18559
May 24 – Sep 26, 2023 · Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

Glacier Bay & Icy Strait · May – Sep 2023

95 m
Deepest dive
3:45
Longest dive
224
Dives
Sightings
18
Days between first and last sighting
125

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 24, 202345 m7.9°C25 m
Jun 21, 202348 m9.5°C31 m
Jun 27, 202345 m9.6°C41 m
Jul 10, 202378 m10.9°C64 m
Jul 10, 202374 m11.0°C41 m
Jul 12, 202374 m10.3°C47 m
Jul 28, 202350 m13.1°C42 m
Jul 28, 202392 m12.8°C71 m
Jul 31, 202342 m13.1°C30 m
Aug 7, 202350 m13.7°C29 m
Aug 17, 202348 m13.0°C28 m
Aug 22, 2023139 m13.2°C56 m
Aug 23, 2023133 m13.5°C29 m
Aug 24, 2023148 m13.3°C49 m
Aug 27, 202332 m13.2°C23 m
Aug 28, 202380 m13.2°C60 m
Aug 30, 2023110 m14.1°C95 m
Sep 26, 202383 m9.7°C69 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 24, 2023 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)May 24Jun 21, 2023 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Jun 27, 2023 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Jul 10, 2023 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Jul 10Jul 10, 2023 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Jul 12, 2023 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jul 28, 2023 — seafloor 50 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Jul 28Jul 28, 2023 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Jul 31, 2023 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Aug 7, 2023 — seafloor 50 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Aug 7Aug 17, 2023 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Aug 22, 2023 — seafloor 139 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Aug 23, 2023 — seafloor 133 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Aug 23Aug 24, 2023 — seafloor 148 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Aug 27, 2023 — seafloor 32 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Aug 28, 2023 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Aug 28Aug 30, 2023 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 95 m (modelled)Sep 26, 2023 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)

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

Dives

95 m
Deepest dive
3:45
Longest dive
224
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
18
Sightings
125
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010095 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (110 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

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Deep

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Place

Where this happened · Aug 30, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
110 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.1°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 18 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
32 m – 148 m
Sea-surface temperature
7.9°C – 14.1°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 18 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.

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