Viking – Residency
19th sighting in Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
Viking @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 →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 2021 | 126 m | 11.5°C | 76 m |
| Jul 7, 2021 | 103 m | 11.4°C | 36 m |
| Jul 21, 2021 | 136 m | 13.3°C | 120 m |
| Jul 29, 2021 | 81 m | 13.8°C | 59 m |
| Aug 3, 2021 | 342 m | 13.7°C | 42 m |
| Aug 31, 2021 | 78 m | 14.4°C | 47 m |
| Sep 12, 2021 | 40 m | 11.7°C | 28 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
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
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (136 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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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
Source records
This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.