Melancholy – Residency
15th sighting in Chatham Strait
Melancholy @5311
Jun 28 – Aug 28, 2022 · Chatham Strait
Chatham Strait · Jun – Aug 2022
139 m
Deepest dive
5:12
Longest dive
80
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 61
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2022 | 453 m | 11.6°C | 41 m |
| Jul 20, 2022 | 44 m | 13.8°C | 38 m |
| Aug 8, 2022 | 39 m | 12.0°C | 25 m |
| Aug 11, 2022 | 195 m | 12.5°C | 139 m |
| Aug 19, 2022 | 77 m | 12.4°C | 59 m |
| Aug 28, 2022 | 313 m | 13.6°C | 66 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
139 m
Deepest dive
5:12
Longest dive
80
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
61
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 (195 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 11, 2022
measured- Seafloor depth
- 195 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 39 m – 453 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.6°C – 13.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 6.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.