Helix – Residency
79th sighting in Glacier Bay & Icy StraitHelix @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
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2025 | 82 m | 8.3°C | 69 m |
| Jun 5, 2025 | 111 m | 9.0°C | 58 m |
| Jun 10, 2025 | 105 m | 8.5°C | 93 m |
| Jun 12, 2025 | 104 m | 8.8°C | 94 m |
| Jun 13, 2025 | 115 m | 9.9°C | 67 m |
| Jun 17, 2025 | 150 m | 10.2°C | 46 m |
| Jun 22, 2025 | 72 m | 11.5°C | 39 m |
| Jun 23, 2025 | 110 m | 11.6°C | 32 m |
| Jun 25, 2025 | 110 m | 10.6°C | 92 m |
| Jun 28, 2025 | 58 m | 12.0°C | 49 m |
| Jul 2, 2025 | 57 m | 11.8°C | 29 m |
| Jul 5, 2025 | 92 m | 11.9°C | 57 m |
| Jul 6, 2025 | 103 m | 12.8°C | 56 m |
| Jul 7, 2025 | 89 m | 13.0°C | 76 m |
| Jul 8, 2025 | 92 m | 12.7°C | 74 m |
| Jul 16, 2025 | 91 m | 12.4°C | 28 m |
| Jul 17, 2025 | 104 m | 12.4°C | 61 m |
| Jul 23, 2025 | 143 m | 14.4°C | 98 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
98 m
Deepest dive
3:36
Longest dive
556
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
41
Sightings
125
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 (143 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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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
Source records
This activity is assembled from 41 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.