Palaoa – Residency
3rd sighting in Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
Palaoa @5505
Sep 9 – 11, 2026 · Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
Icy Strait, Bringing the Cliffs Close
September again in these narrows, breath echoing off rock — exactly where I want to be.
108 m
Deepest dive
4:43
Longest dive
22
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 2
- Deepest dive on record
- 108 m · this residency
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2026 | 122 m | 13.8°C | 108 m |
| Sep 11, 2026 | 93 m | — | 66 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
108 m
Deepest dive
4:43
Longest dive
22
Dives
33 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
2
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 (122 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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DeepPlace
Where this happened · Sep 9, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 122 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 93 m – 122 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.