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Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

Karakia – Residency

17th sighting in Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
Fluke of Karakia
Karakia Confirmed in the catalog @5429
Aug 5 – Sep 13, 2024 · Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

Glacier Bay & Icy Strait · Aug – Sep 2024

108 m
Deepest dive
4:12
Longest dive
25
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
39

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 5, 2024187 m14.2°C108 m
Sep 11, 2024160 m12.4°C58 m
Sep 13, 2024102 m12.1°C55 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 5, 2024 — seafloor 187 m (measured), deepest dive 108 m (modelled)Aug 5Sep 11, 2024 — seafloor 160 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Sep 11Sep 13, 2024 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Sep 13

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

Dives

108 m
Deepest dive
4:12
Longest dive
25
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
39
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150108 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (187 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 5, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
187 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.2°C
Distance from shore
—

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
102 m – 187 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.1°C – 14.2°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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