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Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

MaikaMaika – Residency

47th sighting in Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
Fluke of MaikaMaika
MaikaMaika Confirmed in the catalog @6344
Jul 29 – Sep 11, 2026 · Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

Late Summer, Right Bay

Herring ran thick, I ran the tides, glaciers cracked applause.

110 m
Deepest dive
4:27
Longest dive
60
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
44

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 29, 202665 m13.2°C56 m
Jul 31, 202670 m13.1°C23 m
Aug 5, 202675 m14.2°C49 m
Sep 9, 2026122 m13.8°C32 m
Sep 10, 2026164 m13.5°C110 m
Sep 11, 202661 m13.1°C50 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 29, 2026 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jul 29Jul 31, 2026 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Jul 31Aug 5, 2026 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Aug 5Sep 9, 2026 — seafloor 122 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Sep 9Sep 10, 2026 — seafloor 164 m (measured), deepest dive 110 m (modelled)Sep 10Sep 11, 2026 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Sep 11

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

Dives

110 m
Deepest dive
4:27
Longest dive
60
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
44
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150110 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (164 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 · Sep 10, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
164 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.5°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
61 m – 164 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.1°C – 14.2°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 2.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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