Merlin – Residency
13th sighting in Salish Sea
Merlin @4925
Aug 2 – 13, 2022 · Salish Sea
Salish Sea · Aug 2022
165 m
Deepest dive
7:14
Longest dive
60
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 11
- Deepest dive on record
- 165 m · this residency
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2022 | 161 m | 13.4°C | 36 m |
| Aug 13, 2022 | 225 m | 19.8°C | 165 m |
| Aug 13, 2022 | 78 m | 19.0°C | 58 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
165 m
Deepest dive
7:14
Longest dive
60
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
11
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 (225 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 13, 2022
measured- Seafloor depth
- 225 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 19.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 10.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 78 m – 225 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.4°C – 19.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 10.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.