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Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

Helix – Residency

79th sighting in Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
Fluke of Helix
Helix Confirmed in the catalog @83824
May 24 – Sep 26, 2025 · Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

Glacier Bay & Icy Strait · May – Sep 2025

98 m
Deepest dive
3:36
Longest dive
556
Dives
Sightings
41
Days between first and last sighting
125

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 24, 202582 m8.3°C69 m
Jun 5, 2025111 m9.0°C58 m
Jun 10, 2025105 m8.5°C93 m
Jun 12, 2025104 m8.8°C94 m
Jun 13, 2025115 m9.9°C67 m
Jun 17, 2025150 m10.2°C46 m
Jun 22, 202572 m11.5°C39 m
Jun 23, 2025110 m11.6°C32 m
Jun 25, 2025110 m10.6°C92 m
Jun 28, 202558 m12.0°C49 m
Jul 2, 202557 m11.8°C29 m
Jul 5, 202592 m11.9°C57 m
Jul 6, 2025103 m12.8°C56 m
Jul 7, 202589 m13.0°C76 m
Jul 8, 202592 m12.7°C74 m
Jul 16, 202591 m12.4°C28 m
Jul 17, 2025104 m12.4°C61 m
Jul 23, 2025143 m14.4°C98 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 24, 2025 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)May 24Jun 5, 2025 — seafloor 111 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Jun 10, 2025 — seafloor 105 m (measured), deepest dive 93 m (modelled)Jun 12, 2025 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 94 m (modelled)Jun 13, 2025 — seafloor 115 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Jun 17, 2025 — seafloor 150 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Jun 22, 2025 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Jun 23, 2025 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Jun 23Jun 25, 2025 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 92 m (modelled)Jun 28, 2025 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jul 2, 2025 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Jul 5, 2025 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jul 6, 2025 — seafloor 103 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jul 7, 2025 — seafloor 89 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Jul 8, 2025 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Jul 8Jul 16, 2025 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Jul 17, 2025 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Jul 23, 2025 — seafloor 143 m (measured), deepest dive 98 m (modelled)Jul 25, 2025 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Jul 31, 2025 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Aug 1, 2025 — seafloor 122 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Aug 7, 2025 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Aug 7Aug 8, 2025 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Aug 14, 2025 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Aug 16, 2025 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Aug 17, 2025 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Aug 18, 2025 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Aug 21, 2025 — seafloor 89 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Aug 24, 2025 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Aug 24Aug 27, 2025 — seafloor 36 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Aug 29, 2025 — seafloor 116 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Aug 30, 2025 — seafloor 329 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Sep 3, 2025 — seafloor 90 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Sep 9, 2025 — seafloor 31 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Sep 11, 2025 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Sep 13, 2025 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Sep 13Sep 15, 2025 — seafloor 99 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Sep 20, 2025 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Sep 23, 2025 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Sep 25, 2025 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Sep 26, 2025 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)

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

Dives

98 m
Deepest dive
3:36
Longest dive
556
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
41
Sightings
125
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010098 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (143 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 23, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
143 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.4°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 41 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
31 m – 329 m
Sea-surface temperature
8.3°C – 15.4°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 41 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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