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Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

Eocene – Residency

59th sighting in Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
Fluke of Eocene
Eocene Confirmed in the catalog @5308
Jun 12 – Sep 2, 2024 · Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

Glacier Bay & Icy Strait · Jun – Sep 2024

154 m
Deepest dive
5:38
Longest dive
358
Dives
Sightings
31
Days between first and last sighting
82

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 12, 2024251 m8.5°C143 m
Jun 13, 2024154 m9.2°C50 m
Jun 15, 2024221 m10.5°C69 m
Jun 15, 2024121 m10.7°C83 m
Jun 15, 2024139 m10.2°C38 m
Jun 16, 202472 m10.9°C61 m
Jun 17, 202458 m10.9°C36 m
Jun 25, 2024134 m11.9°C57 m
Jun 25, 2024139 m11.8°C109 m
Jun 26, 202464 m9.7°C54 m
Jun 27, 202489 m10.1°C65 m
Jun 27, 2024193 m11.3°C111 m
Jun 27, 202438 m10.0°C33 m
Jun 29, 2024121 m11.9°C101 m
Jun 30, 202475 m11.6°C17 m
Jul 30, 2024-4 m11.6°C—
Aug 1, 2024107 m12.3°C38 m
Aug 3, 2024165 m12.9°C80 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 12, 2024 — seafloor 251 m (measured), deepest dive 143 m (modelled)Jun 12Jun 13, 2024 — seafloor 154 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Jun 15, 2024 — seafloor 221 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Jun 15, 2024 — seafloor 121 m (measured), deepest dive 83 m (modelled)Jun 15, 2024 — seafloor 139 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Jun 16, 2024 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Jun 17, 2024 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Jun 17Jun 25, 2024 — seafloor 134 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jun 25, 2024 — seafloor 139 m (measured), deepest dive 109 m (modelled)Jun 26, 2024 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Jun 27, 2024 — seafloor 89 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Jun 27, 2024 — seafloor 193 m (measured), deepest dive 111 m (modelled)Jun 27, 2024 — seafloor 38 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Jun 27Jun 29, 2024 — seafloor 121 m (measured), deepest dive 101 m (modelled)Jun 30, 2024 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Jul 30, 2024 — seafloor -4 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 1, 2024 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Aug 3, 2024 — seafloor 165 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Aug 6, 2024 — seafloor 208 m (measured), deepest dive 83 m (modelled)Aug 6Aug 8, 2024 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 14 m (modelled)Aug 16, 2024 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Aug 18, 2024 — seafloor 147 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Aug 18, 2024 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Aug 18, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Aug 20, 2024 — seafloor 139 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Aug 20Aug 20, 2024 — seafloor 133 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Aug 20, 2024 — seafloor 133 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Aug 22, 2024 — seafloor 526 m (measured), deepest dive 154 m (modelled)Aug 25, 2024 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Aug 27, 2024 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Sep 2, 2024 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Sep 2

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

Dives

154 m
Deepest dive
5:38
Longest dive
358
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
31
Sightings
82
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200154 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (526 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 · Aug 22, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
526 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.1°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 31 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-4 m – 526 m
Sea-surface temperature
8.5°C – 15.7°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 6.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 31 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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