Q-Tip – Residency
21st sighting in Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
Q-Tip @5306
May 13 – Sep 1, 2026 · Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
These Cold Green Halls
Every fluke print in this water knows my name.
140 m
Deepest dive
4:59
Longest dive
66
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 111
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2026 | 93 m | 8.3°C | 48 m |
| May 22, 2026 | 333 m | 8.0°C | 72 m |
| Jul 1, 2026 | 102 m | 11.4°C | 30 m |
| Jul 8, 2026 | 521 m | 12.1°C | 120 m |
| Sep 1, 2026 | 155 m | 14.0°C | 140 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
140 m
Deepest dive
4:59
Longest dive
66
Dives
32 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
111
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 (155 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Sep 1, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 155 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 93 m – 521 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 8.0°C – 14.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 3.0 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.