Barnacles – Residency
78th sighting in Glacier Bay & Icy StraitBarnacles @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
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 2023 | 38 m | 3.7°C | 35 m |
| May 23, 2023 | 50 m | 8.5°C | 45 m |
| Jun 4, 2023 | 54 m | 8.1°C | 39 m |
| Jun 6, 2023 | 27 m | 8.8°C | 22 m |
| Jun 11, 2023 | 109 m | 9.2°C | 53 m |
| Jun 14, 2023 | 89 m | 9.9°C | 45 m |
| Jun 17, 2023 | 85 m | 10.1°C | 71 m |
| Jun 22, 2023 | 95 m | 11.6°C | 84 m |
| Jun 22, 2023 | 83 m | 11.6°C | 57 m |
| Jun 24, 2023 | 179 m | 11.6°C | 57 m |
| Jun 24, 2023 | 57 m | 11.7°C | 45 m |
| Jun 26, 2023 | 91 m | 12.6°C | 81 m |
| Jul 2, 2023 | 92 m | 11.8°C | 38 m |
| Jul 5, 2023 | 101 m | 12.7°C | 80 m |
| Jul 8, 2023 | 72 m | 13.4°C | 54 m |
| Jul 8, 2023 | 88 m | 13.6°C | 75 m |
| Jul 11, 2023 | 133 m | 13.5°C | 107 m |
| Jul 13, 2023 | 133 m | 14.4°C | 76 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
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
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (137 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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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
Source records
This activity is assembled from 48 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.