Smyles – Residency
11th sighting in Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
Smyles @26856
Apr 2 – Sep 8, 2026 · Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
Green Water, Long Memory
Spent early summer wrapped in spruce-scented water, spotted again and again—exactly where I belong.
60 m
Deepest dive
3:00
Longest dive
53
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 158
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 2026 | 60 m | 3.5°C | 53 m |
| Apr 16, 2026 | 103 m | 4.2°C | 52 m |
| Jun 16, 2026 | 122 m | 9.3°C | 60 m |
| Jun 28, 2026 | 96 m | 11.7°C | 46 m |
| Jun 29, 2026 | 66 m | 11.8°C | 24 m |
| Sep 8, 2026 | 58 m | 14.3°C | 49 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
60 m
Deepest dive
3:00
Longest dive
53
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
158
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 (122 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jun 16, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 122 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 9.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 58 m – 122 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 3.5°C – 14.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 2.0 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.