Merlin – Residency
9th sighting in Salish Sea
Merlin @4925
Jul 8 – Sep 16, 2019 · Salish Sea
Salish Sea · Jul – Sep 2019
56 m
Deepest dive
2:49
Longest dive
9
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 70
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 2019 | 155 m | 11.2°C | — |
| Sep 16, 2019 | 174 m | 10.2°C | 56 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
56 m
Deepest dive
2:49
Longest dive
9
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
70
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 (174 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Sep 16, 2019
measured- Seafloor depth
- 174 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 10.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 155 m – 174 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 10.2°C – 11.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 8.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.