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Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

SkartFarcus – Residency

18th sighting in Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
Fluke of SkartFarcus
SkartFarcus Confirmed in the catalog @6607
Jun 19 – Aug 27, 2021 · Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

Glacier Bay & Icy Strait · Jun – Aug 2021

117 m
Deepest dive
4:37
Longest dive
89
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
69

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 19, 2021140 m11.7°C49 m
Jun 29, 202126 m10.9°C24 m
Jul 21, 2021213 m13.3°C117 m
Jul 29, 202182 m13.8°C71 m
Aug 27, 2021115 m12.3°C47 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 19, 2021 — seafloor 140 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jun 19Jun 29, 2021 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Jun 29Jul 21, 2021 — seafloor 213 m (measured), deepest dive 117 m (modelled)Jul 21Jul 29, 2021 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Jul 29Aug 27, 2021 — seafloor 115 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Aug 27

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

Dives

117 m
Deepest dive
4:37
Longest dive
89
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
69
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150117 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (213 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 21, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
213 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.3°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
26 m – 213 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.9°C – 13.8°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 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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