Q-Tip – Residency
16th sighting in Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
Q-Tip @5306
May 30 – Aug 8, 2025 · Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
Glacier Bay & Icy Strait · May – Aug 2025
116 m
Deepest dive
4:22
Longest dive
87
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 70
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, 2025 | 63 m | 8.9°C | 56 m |
| Jun 9, 2025 | 55 m | 8.5°C | 47 m |
| Jun 11, 2025 | 134 m | 8.7°C | 109 m |
| Jul 13, 2025 | 134 m | 12.3°C | 116 m |
| Aug 8, 2025 | 75 m | 14.3°C | 55 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
116 m
Deepest dive
4:22
Longest dive
87
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
70
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 (134 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 13, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 134 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 55 m – 134 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 8.5°C – 14.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 2.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.