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Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

Flying W – Residency

94th sighting in Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
Fluke of Flying W
Flying W Confirmed in the catalog @6352
Jun 13 – Sep 9, 2024 · Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

Glacier Bay & Icy Strait · Jun – Sep 2024

138 m
Deepest dive
5:14
Longest dive
221
Dives
Sightings
21
Days between first and last sighting
88

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 13, 2024132 m9.2°C104 m
Jun 26, 2024122 m10.1°C85 m
Jun 26, 202483 m9.8°C26 m
Jun 27, 2024117 m10.3°C56 m
Jun 27, 202494 m10.1°C86 m
Jun 27, 2024214 m11.3°C76 m
Jun 29, 202465 m11.8°C56 m
Jul 6, 202498 m10.8°C54 m
Jul 16, 2024-54 m12.0°C—
Jul 17, 202456 m12.5°C36 m
Jul 19, 202498 m12.9°C44 m
Jul 20, 2024460 m12.7°C66 m
Aug 1, 2024103 m12.9°C32 m
Aug 5, 2024160 m14.3°C95 m
Aug 11, 202457 m12.8°C34 m
Aug 13, 202460 m13.6°C39 m
Aug 20, 202447 m14.0°C28 m
Aug 22, 202498 m13.9°C82 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 13, 2024 — seafloor 132 m (measured), deepest dive 104 m (modelled)Jun 13Jun 26, 2024 — seafloor 122 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Jun 26, 2024 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Jun 27, 2024 — seafloor 117 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jun 27, 2024 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)Jun 27Jun 27, 2024 — seafloor 214 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Jun 29, 2024 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jul 6, 2024 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Jul 16, 2024 — seafloor -54 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 16Jul 17, 2024 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Jul 19, 2024 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Jul 20, 2024 — seafloor 460 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Aug 1, 2024 — seafloor 103 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Aug 1Aug 5, 2024 — seafloor 160 m (measured), deepest dive 95 m (modelled)Aug 11, 2024 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Aug 13, 2024 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Aug 20, 2024 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Aug 20Aug 22, 2024 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Aug 25, 2024 — seafloor 106 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Aug 28, 2024 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Sep 9, 2024 — seafloor 168 m (measured), deepest dive 138 m (modelled)Sep 9

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

Dives

138 m
Deepest dive
5:14
Longest dive
221
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
21
Sightings
88
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150138 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (168 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

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Place

Where this happened · Sep 9, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
168 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.3°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 21 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-54 m – 460 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.2°C – 14.3°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 21 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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