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Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

Darwin – Residency

31st sighting in Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
Fluke of Darwin
Darwin Confirmed in the catalog @5304
May 19 – Sep 5, 2022 · Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

Summer in the Bay

Found my rhythm in these familiar waters, feeding where the currents know me best.

184 m
Deepest dive
6:06
Longest dive
155
Dives
Sightings
15
Days between first and last sighting
109

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 19, 2022520 m8.2°C85 m
Jun 4, 2022126 m10.8°C68 m
Jun 29, 202216 m12.9°C15 m
Jul 4, 202294 m15.0°C67 m
Jul 12, 202285 m14.7°C30 m
Jul 14, 2022499 m13.8°C184 m
Jul 15, 2022340 m13.8°C16 m
Jul 19, 202290 m13.8°C50 m
Jul 26, 2022122 m13.3°C45 m
Aug 9, 2022113 m13.2°C34 m
Aug 10, 2022153 m13.4°C68 m
Aug 12, 2022116 m13.9°C93 m
Aug 15, 202232 m13.4°C25 m
Aug 19, 2022253 m12.0°C80 m
Sep 5, 2022292 m13.5°C109 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 19, 2022 — seafloor 520 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)May 19Jun 4, 2022 — seafloor 126 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Jun 29, 2022 — seafloor 16 m (measured), deepest dive 15 m (modelled)Jul 4, 2022 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Jul 4Jul 12, 2022 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Jul 14, 2022 — seafloor 499 m (measured), deepest dive 184 m (modelled)Jul 15, 2022 — seafloor 340 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)Jul 15Jul 19, 2022 — seafloor 90 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Jul 26, 2022 — seafloor 122 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Aug 9, 2022 — seafloor 113 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Aug 9Aug 10, 2022 — seafloor 153 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Aug 12, 2022 — seafloor 116 m (measured), deepest dive 93 m (modelled)Aug 15, 2022 — seafloor 32 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Aug 15Aug 19, 2022 — seafloor 253 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Sep 5, 2022 — seafloor 292 m (measured), deepest dive 109 m (modelled)

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

Dives

184 m
Deepest dive
6:06
Longest dive
155
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
15
Sightings
109
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200184 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (499 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 · Jul 14, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
499 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.8°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 15 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
16 m – 520 m
Sea-surface temperature
8.2°C – 15.0°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 15 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.

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