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Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

Helix – Residency

17th sighting in Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
Fluke of Helix
Helix Confirmed in the catalog @83824
Jun 22 – Sep 10, 2023 · Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

Glacier Bay & Icy Strait · Jun – Sep 2023

91 m
Deepest dive
3:20
Longest dive
183
Dives
Sightings
19
Days between first and last sighting
80

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 22, 202373 m11.6°C50 m
Jun 26, 202391 m12.8°C66 m
Jun 30, 2023101 m12.1°C84 m
Jul 1, 202387 m12.0°C55 m
Jul 8, 2023119 m13.6°C70 m
Jul 13, 2023100 m14.4°C35 m
Jul 13, 202391 m14.4°C51 m
Jul 14, 202393 m15.0°C63 m
Jul 16, 202372 m15.0°C61 m
Jul 22, 202389 m14.8°C57 m
Jul 24, 2023119 m14.7°C91 m
Jul 29, 202395 m15.6°C76 m
Jul 30, 2023117 m15.2°C62 m
Aug 2, 202372 m15.8°C24 m
Aug 6, 2023121 m15.9°C67 m
Aug 27, 202398 m14.6°C65 m
Sep 3, 2023106 m12.5°C48 m
Sep 3, 202355 m12.6°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 22, 2023 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Jun 22Jun 26, 2023 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Jun 30, 2023 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 84 m (modelled)Jul 1, 2023 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Jul 8, 2023 — seafloor 119 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Jul 8Jul 13, 2023 — seafloor 100 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Jul 13, 2023 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Jul 14, 2023 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Jul 16, 2023 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Jul 16Jul 22, 2023 — seafloor 89 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jul 24, 2023 — seafloor 119 m (measured), deepest dive 91 m (modelled)Jul 29, 2023 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Jul 30, 2023 — seafloor 117 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Jul 30Aug 2, 2023 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Aug 6, 2023 — seafloor 121 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Aug 27, 2023 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Sep 3, 2023 — seafloor 106 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Sep 3Sep 3, 2023 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Sep 10, 2023 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)

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

Dives

91 m
Deepest dive
3:20
Longest dive
183
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
19
Sightings
80
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010091 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (119 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

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Place

Where this happened · Jul 24, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
119 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.7°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 19 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
55 m – 121 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.6°C – 15.9°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 19 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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