Melancholy – Residency
8th sighting in Chatham Strait
Melancholy @5311
Jun 16 – Sep 18, 2019 · Chatham Strait
Chatham Strait · Jun – Sep 2019
150 m
Deepest dive
4:21
Longest dive
153
Dives
- Sightings
- 10
- Days between first and last sighting
- 94
- Deepest dive on record
- 150 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2019 | 72 m | 10.6°C | 48 m |
| Jul 24, 2019 | 56 m | 12.9°C | 46 m |
| Jul 31, 2019 | 166 m | 12.1°C | 91 m |
| Aug 21, 2019 | 51 m | 11.5°C | 26 m |
| Aug 29, 2019 | 141 m | 12.1°C | 83 m |
| Sep 3, 2019 | 90 m | 11.3°C | 68 m |
| Sep 15, 2019 | 181 m | 11.6°C | 150 m |
| Sep 16, 2019 | 241 m | 12.3°C | 132 m |
| Sep 17, 2019 | 174 m | 12.1°C | 45 m |
| Sep 18, 2019 | 15 m | 11.2°C | 14 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
150 m
Deepest dive
4:21
Longest dive
153
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
10
Sightings
94
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 (181 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Sep 15, 2019
measured- Seafloor depth
- 181 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km
Across the residency · 10 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 15 m – 241 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 10.6°C – 12.9°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 10 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.