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Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

Noble Quest – Residency

4th sighting in Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
Fluke of Noble Quest
Noble Quest Confirmed in the catalog @40251
Jul 22 – Sep 14, 2024 · Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

Glacier Bay & Icy Strait · Jul – Sep 2024

175 m
Deepest dive
6:01
Longest dive
82
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
54
Deepest dive on record
175 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 22, 2024305 m—175 m
Aug 3, 2024165 m—81 m
Sep 5, 202445 m—38 m
Sep 13, 2024102 m—36 m
Sep 14, 2024141 m—73 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 22, 2024 — seafloor 305 m (measured), deepest dive 175 m (modelled)Jul 22Aug 3, 2024 — seafloor 165 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Aug 3Sep 5, 2024 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Sep 5Sep 13, 2024 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Sep 13Sep 14, 2024 — seafloor 141 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Sep 14

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

Dives

175 m
Deepest dive
6:01
Longest dive
82
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
54
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200175 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (305 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

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Place

Where this happened · Jul 22, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
305 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
45 m – 305 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 2.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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