Darwin – Residency
61st sighting in Glacier Bay & Icy StraitDarwin @5304
May 30 – Sep 14, 2024 · Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
Summer Circuit Complete
Another season well spent in these familiar waters where the feeding never disappoints.
101 m
Deepest dive
4:39
Longest dive
140
Dives
- Sightings
- 14
- Days between first and last sighting
- 107
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 2024 | 116 m | 8.5°C | 101 m |
| Jun 1, 2024 | 76 m | 8.1°C | 24 m |
| Jun 2, 2024 | 114 m | 8.3°C | 81 m |
| Jun 9, 2024 | 148 m | 8.9°C | 85 m |
| Jun 10, 2024 | 224 m | 8.7°C | 80 m |
| Jun 11, 2024 | 176 m | 8.9°C | 85 m |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 134 m | 9.2°C | 89 m |
| Jun 17, 2024 | 108 m | 11.1°C | 47 m |
| Jun 18, 2024 | 67 m | 11.4°C | 60 m |
| Jun 19, 2024 | 89 m | 11.7°C | 56 m |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 34 m | 11.3°C | 25 m |
| Aug 8, 2024 | 22 m | 15.7°C | 19 m |
| Sep 14, 2024 | 24 m | 12.1°C | 19 m |
| Sep 14, 2024 | 111 m | 12.1°C | 33 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
101 m
Deepest dive
4:39
Longest dive
140
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
14
Sightings
107
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 (116 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · May 30, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 116 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 8.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km
Across the residency · 14 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 22 m – 224 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 8.1°C – 15.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 8.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 14 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.