Flying W – Residency
30th sighting in Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
Flying W @6352
Jun 29 – Sep 17, 2021 · Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
Glacier Bay & Icy Strait · Jun – Sep 2021
147 m
Deepest dive
4:12
Longest dive
87
Dives
- Sightings
- 7
- Days between first and last sighting
- 80
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2021 | 77 m | 12.5°C | 57 m |
| Jul 7, 2021 | 103 m | 11.4°C | 23 m |
| Jul 19, 2021 | 487 m | 12.8°C | 147 m |
| Jul 21, 2021 | 162 m | 13.3°C | 54 m |
| Aug 27, 2021 | 239 m | 12.3°C | 32 m |
| Sep 8, 2021 | 622 m | 13.1°C | 81 m |
| Sep 17, 2021 | 50 m | 11.1°C | 35 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
147 m
Deepest dive
4:12
Longest dive
87
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
80
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 (487 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 19, 2021
measured- Seafloor depth
- 487 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km
Across the residency · 7 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 50 m – 622 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.1°C – 13.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 5.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.