Bristol Bay: depth
The bay
Bristol Bay covers 2,246,728 acres in Alaska, across 2 counties: Aleutians East and Lake and Peninsula. It is a bay: the deepest point measured is 108 feet (32.9 m).
Depth: down to 108 ft at the deepest measured point
Deepest measured point: 108 ft (32.9 m). We hold 2,037 depth contours for this water, drawn from 3,761 soundings.
What is hard here
Wind is the limit, not the fish: 2,246,728 acres of open water build a short steep chop, and there is no shelter in the middle.
Where this data comes from
- NOAA ENC — NOAA Electronic Navigational Charts: soundings: class A, a survey of the bottom.
- NOAA ENC — NOAA Electronic Navigational Charts: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
