Merlin – Residency
7th sighting in Salish Sea
Merlin @4925
Sep 26 – Oct 19, 2018 · Salish Sea
Salish Sea · Sep – Oct 2018
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Deepest dive
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Longest dive
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Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 23
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 2018 | 51 m | 11.2°C | — |
| Oct 6, 2018 | 107 m | 10.3°C | — |
| Oct 10, 2018 | 83 m | 10.4°C | — |
| Oct 12, 2018 | 49 m | 10.8°C | — |
| Oct 19, 2018 | 124 m | 11.1°C | — |
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
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Deepest dive
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Longest dive
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Dives
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Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
23
Days first → last
Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledModelled from the published dive-behaviour distribution. Not measured.
Deep Effort Score
DeepPlace
Where this happened · Oct 19, 2018
measured- Seafloor depth
- 124 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 8.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 49 m – 124 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 10.3°C – 11.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km – 13.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.