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Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

Flying W – Residency

111th sighting in Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
Fluke of Flying W
Flying W Confirmed in the catalog @6352
Jun 16 – Aug 28, 2025 · Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

Glacier Bay & Icy Strait · Jun – Aug 2025

154 m
Deepest dive
6:04
Longest dive
185
Dives
Sightings
20
Days between first and last sighting
73

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 16, 2025462 m10.1°C51 m
Jun 19, 2025139 m10.6°C99 m
Jun 30, 2025127 m11.8°C29 m
Jul 2, 2025197 m11.8°C60 m
Jul 4, 202583 m12.6°C59 m
Jul 5, 2025108 m12.3°C74 m
Jul 9, 202545 m12.9°C34 m
Jul 12, 2025133 m12.6°C78 m
Jul 16, 2025132 m12.4°C71 m
Jul 18, 202569 m12.4°C62 m
Jul 19, 2025353 m12.5°C57 m
Jul 24, 2025139 m14.0°C71 m
Jul 26, 202579 m14.1°C40 m
Aug 11, 2025246 m13.7°C154 m
Aug 12, 2025126 m13.7°C90 m
Aug 13, 202550 m13.9°C46 m
Aug 25, 202547 m15.4°C29 m
Aug 26, 2025133 m15.1°C83 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 16, 2025 — seafloor 462 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Jun 16Jun 19, 2025 — seafloor 139 m (measured), deepest dive 99 m (modelled)Jun 30, 2025 — seafloor 127 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Jul 2, 2025 — seafloor 197 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Jul 4, 2025 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Jul 4Jul 5, 2025 — seafloor 108 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Jul 9, 2025 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Jul 12, 2025 — seafloor 133 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Jul 16, 2025 — seafloor 132 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Jul 16Jul 18, 2025 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Jul 19, 2025 — seafloor 353 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jul 24, 2025 — seafloor 139 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Jul 26, 2025 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Jul 26Aug 11, 2025 — seafloor 246 m (measured), deepest dive 154 m (modelled)Aug 12, 2025 — seafloor 126 m (measured), deepest dive 90 m (modelled)Aug 13, 2025 — seafloor 50 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Aug 25, 2025 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Aug 25Aug 26, 2025 — seafloor 133 m (measured), deepest dive 83 m (modelled)Aug 27, 2025 — seafloor 133 m (measured), deepest dive 118 m (modelled)Aug 28, 2025 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)

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

Dives

154 m
Deepest dive
6:04
Longest dive
185
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
20
Sightings
73
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200154 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (246 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

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Place

Where this happened · Aug 11, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
246 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.7°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 20 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
45 m – 462 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.1°C – 15.5°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 3.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 20 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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