Merlot – Residency
23rd sighting in Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
Merlot @5320
Jul 10 – 29, 2021 · Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
Glacier Bay & Icy Strait · Jul 2021
84 m
Deepest dive
2:20
Longest dive
32
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 19
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 2021 | 68 m | 10.7°C | 55 m |
| Jul 19, 2021 | 487 m | 12.8°C | 84 m |
| Jul 29, 2021 | 81 m | 13.8°C | 43 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
84 m
Deepest dive
2:20
Longest dive
32
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
19
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 (487 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 19, 2021
measured- Seafloor depth
- 487 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 68 m – 487 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 10.7°C – 13.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 5.0 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.