Activity map — real sighting points on an OpenStreetMap basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors
Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

Viking – Residency

19th sighting in Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
Fluke of Viking
Viking Confirmed in the catalog @4621
Jul 5 – Sep 12, 2021 · Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

Glacier Bay & Icy Strait · Jul – Sep 2021

120 m
Deepest dive
4:54
Longest dive
60
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
69

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →
SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 5, 2021126 m11.5°C76 m
Jul 7, 2021103 m11.4°C36 m
Jul 21, 2021136 m13.3°C120 m
Jul 29, 202181 m13.8°C59 m
Aug 3, 2021342 m13.7°C42 m
Aug 31, 202178 m14.4°C47 m
Sep 12, 202140 m11.7°C28 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

Activity map — real sighting points on an OpenStreetMap basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors

Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 5, 2021 — seafloor 126 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Jul 5Jul 7, 2021 — seafloor 103 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Jul 7Jul 21, 2021 — seafloor 136 m (measured), deepest dive 120 m (modelled)Jul 21Jul 29, 2021 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Jul 29Aug 3, 2021 — seafloor 342 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Aug 3Aug 31, 2021 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Aug 31Sep 12, 2021 — seafloor 40 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Sep 12

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

Dives

120 m
Deepest dive
4:54
Longest dive
60
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
69
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →

Dive profile

modelled
075150120 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (136 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.

Unlock with Risa Deep

Place

Where this happened · Jul 21, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
136 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.3°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
40 m – 342 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.4°C – 14.4°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 9.0 km

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

Activity map — real sighting points on an OpenStreetMap basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors

Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 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.

The photographs and fluke identifications behind every sighting are the work of the contributing observers — the citizen scientists, naturalists and operators who logged them, each named in the underlying GBIF occurrence record. Every activity links out to its source encounters on Happywhale. Basemaps © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Happywhale runs on donations: support Happywhale →

Breach is an independent project. It is not affiliated with, nor endorsed by, Happywhale or GBIF.