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Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

Barnacles – Residency

78th sighting in Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
Fluke of Barnacles
Barnacles Confirmed in the catalog @6559
Apr 7 – Sep 28, 2023 · Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

Spring Through Fall in Familiar Waters

Five months in my favorite feeding grounds, where the currents still remember my song.

122 m
Deepest dive
4:21
Longest dive
598
Dives
Sightings
48
Days between first and last sighting
174

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 7, 202338 m3.7°C35 m
May 23, 202350 m8.5°C45 m
Jun 4, 202354 m8.1°C39 m
Jun 6, 202327 m8.8°C22 m
Jun 11, 2023109 m9.2°C53 m
Jun 14, 202389 m9.9°C45 m
Jun 17, 202385 m10.1°C71 m
Jun 22, 202395 m11.6°C84 m
Jun 22, 202383 m11.6°C57 m
Jun 24, 2023179 m11.6°C57 m
Jun 24, 202357 m11.7°C45 m
Jun 26, 202391 m12.6°C81 m
Jul 2, 202392 m11.8°C38 m
Jul 5, 2023101 m12.7°C80 m
Jul 8, 202372 m13.4°C54 m
Jul 8, 202388 m13.6°C75 m
Jul 11, 2023133 m13.5°C107 m
Jul 13, 2023133 m14.4°C76 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 7, 2023 — seafloor 38 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Apr 7May 23, 2023 — seafloor 50 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Jun 4, 2023 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Jun 6, 2023 — seafloor 27 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Jun 11, 2023 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jun 14, 2023 — seafloor 89 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Jun 17, 2023 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Jun 22, 2023 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 84 m (modelled)Jun 22, 2023 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jun 22Jun 24, 2023 — seafloor 179 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jun 24, 2023 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Jun 26, 2023 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Jul 2, 2023 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Jul 5, 2023 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Jul 8, 2023 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Jul 8, 2023 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Jul 11, 2023 — seafloor 133 m (measured), deepest dive 107 m (modelled)Jul 11Jul 13, 2023 — seafloor 133 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Jul 13, 2023 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jul 14, 2023 — seafloor 144 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Jul 14, 2023 — seafloor 119 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jul 16, 2023 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Jul 17, 2023 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Jul 20, 2023 — seafloor 127 m (measured), deepest dive 84 m (modelled)Jul 22, 2023 — seafloor 100 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Jul 22Jul 22, 2023 — seafloor 126 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)Jul 24, 2023 — seafloor 120 m (measured), deepest dive 94 m (modelled)Jul 26, 2023 — seafloor 119 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Jul 29, 2023 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Jul 29, 2023 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Jul 30, 2023 — seafloor 137 m (measured), deepest dive 122 m (modelled)Jul 31, 2023 — seafloor 159 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Aug 3, 2023 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Aug 3Aug 5, 2023 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Aug 6, 2023 — seafloor 119 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Aug 9, 2023 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Aug 10, 2023 — seafloor 90 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Aug 18, 2023 — seafloor 105 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Aug 19, 2023 — seafloor 89 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Aug 22, 2023 — seafloor 126 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Aug 23, 2023 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Aug 23Aug 24, 2023 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Aug 27, 2023 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Aug 28, 2023 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Sep 3, 2023 — seafloor 40 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Sep 10, 2023 — seafloor 127 m (measured), deepest dive 89 m (modelled)Sep 13, 2023 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Sep 28, 2023 — seafloor 90 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)

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

Dives

122 m
Deepest dive
4:21
Longest dive
598
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
48
Sightings
174
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150122 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (137 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 · Jul 30, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
137 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.2°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 48 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
27 m – 179 m
Sea-surface temperature
3.7°C – 16.1°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 48 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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