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Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

Bitey – Residency

108th sighting in Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
Fluke of Bitey
Bitey Confirmed in the catalog @22570
Jun 26 – Sep 13, 2024 · Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

Glacier Bay & Icy Strait · Jun – Sep 2024

159 m
Deepest dive
8:13
Longest dive
419
Dives
Sightings
31
Days between first and last sighting
79

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 26, 202474 m9.7°C46 m
Jun 27, 202489 m10.1°C47 m
Jun 27, 2024214 m11.3°C114 m
Jul 8, 202479 m10.2°C40 m
Jul 8, 202462 m10.3°C50 m
Jul 9, 202476 m10.7°C15 m
Jul 13, 202476 m11.9°C34 m
Jul 14, 2024133 m12.0°C63 m
Jul 15, 202438 m11.7°C29 m
Jul 17, 202457 m12.5°C20 m
Aug 5, 202467 m14.4°C57 m
Aug 6, 202418 m14.7°C16 m
Aug 12, 20246 m14.3°C5 m
Aug 13, 202447 m13.7°C36 m
Aug 13, 202476 m13.6°C56 m
Aug 14, 2024241 m13.7°C159 m
Aug 21, 2024133 m13.7°C63 m
Aug 24, 2024133 m12.9°C121 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 26, 2024 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Jun 26Jun 27, 2024 — seafloor 89 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jun 27, 2024 — seafloor 214 m (measured), deepest dive 114 m (modelled)Jul 8, 2024 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Jul 8, 2024 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Jul 9, 2024 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 15 m (modelled)Jul 13, 2024 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Jul 13Jul 14, 2024 — seafloor 133 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Jul 15, 2024 — seafloor 38 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Jul 17, 2024 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Aug 5, 2024 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Aug 6, 2024 — seafloor 18 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)Aug 12, 2024 — seafloor 6 m (measured), deepest dive 5 m (modelled)Aug 12Aug 13, 2024 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Aug 13, 2024 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Aug 14, 2024 — seafloor 241 m (measured), deepest dive 159 m (modelled)Aug 21, 2024 — seafloor 133 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Aug 24, 2024 — seafloor 133 m (measured), deepest dive 121 m (modelled)Aug 27, 2024 — seafloor 139 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Aug 27Aug 27, 2024 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Aug 27, 2024 — seafloor 133 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Aug 27, 2024 — seafloor 24 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)Sep 3, 2024 — seafloor 139 m (measured), deepest dive 126 m (modelled)Sep 3, 2024 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Sep 4, 2024 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Sep 4Sep 4, 2024 — seafloor 133 m (measured), deepest dive 100 m (modelled)Sep 4, 2024 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Sep 10, 2024 — seafloor 241 m (measured), deepest dive 99 m (modelled)Sep 10, 2024 — seafloor 241 m (measured), deepest dive 102 m (modelled)Sep 11, 2024 — seafloor 139 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Sep 13, 2024 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Sep 13

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

Dives

159 m
Deepest dive
8:13
Longest dive
419
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
31
Sightings
79
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200159 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (241 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 14, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
241 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.7°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 31 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
6 m – 241 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.7°C – 14.7°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 6.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 31 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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