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Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

Bitey – Residency

133rd sighting in Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
Fluke of Bitey
Bitey Confirmed in the catalog @22570
Mar 26 – Sep 8, 2025 · Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

Glacier Bay & Icy Strait · Mar – Sep 2025

197 m
Deepest dive
6:25
Longest dive
263
Dives
Sightings
26
Days between first and last sighting
166

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 26, 2025172 m6.1°C107 m
Jun 5, 202555 m9.0°C35 m
Jun 6, 202550 m9.0°C42 m
Jun 7, 2025357 m9.0°C197 m
Jun 10, 202544 m8.7°C39 m
Jun 11, 202564 m8.7°C55 m
Jun 12, 202568 m8.9°C54 m
Jun 16, 202559 m10.1°C37 m
Jun 19, 202549 m10.6°C31 m
Jun 26, 202572 m11.0°C43 m
Jun 28, 202595 m11.9°C17 m
Jun 30, 202570 m11.8°C51 m
Jul 1, 2025103 m11.8°C42 m
Jul 2, 2025139 m11.9°C41 m
Jul 4, 202583 m12.6°C39 m
Jul 7, 202543 m13.1°C24 m
Jul 24, 2025139 m14.0°C74 m
Aug 2, 2025116 m14.4°C30 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Mar 26, 2025 — seafloor 172 m (measured), deepest dive 107 m (modelled)Mar 26Jun 5, 2025 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Jun 6, 2025 — seafloor 50 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Jun 7, 2025 — seafloor 357 m (measured), deepest dive 197 m (modelled)Jun 10, 2025 — seafloor 44 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Jun 11, 2025 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Jun 11Jun 12, 2025 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Jun 16, 2025 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Jun 19, 2025 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Jun 26, 2025 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Jun 28, 2025 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Jun 28Jun 30, 2025 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Jul 1, 2025 — seafloor 103 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Jul 2, 2025 — seafloor 139 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Jul 4, 2025 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Jul 7, 2025 — seafloor 43 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Jul 7Jul 24, 2025 — seafloor 139 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Aug 2, 2025 — seafloor 116 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Aug 11, 2025 — seafloor 246 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Aug 12, 2025 — seafloor 34 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Aug 14, 2025 — seafloor 160 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Aug 14Aug 25, 2025 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Aug 26, 2025 — seafloor 133 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Aug 27, 2025 — seafloor 133 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Aug 28, 2025 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Sep 8, 2025 — seafloor -17 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Sep 8

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

Dives

197 m
Deepest dive
6:25
Longest dive
263
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
26
Sightings
166
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200197 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (357 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 · Jun 7, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
357 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.0°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 26 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-17 m – 357 m
Sea-surface temperature
6.1°C – 15.5°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 26 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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