Merlot – Residency
28th sighting in Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
Merlot @5320
Jul 14 – Sep 22, 2022 · Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
Glacier Bay & Icy Strait · Jul – Sep 2022
127 m
Deepest dive
4:11
Longest dive
92
Dives
- Sightings
- 7
- Days between first and last sighting
- 69
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 2022 | 499 m | 13.8°C | 127 m |
| Jul 18, 2022 | 72 m | 13.6°C | 54 m |
| Jul 26, 2022 | 134 m | 12.5°C | 80 m |
| Aug 4, 2022 | 175 m | 13.2°C | 92 m |
| Aug 4, 2022 | 72 m | 13.4°C | 31 m |
| Aug 8, 2022 | 64 m | 12.5°C | 57 m |
| Sep 22, 2022 | 133 m | 10.9°C | 81 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
127 m
Deepest dive
4:11
Longest dive
92
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
69
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 (499 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 14, 2022
measured- Seafloor depth
- 499 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km
Across the residency · 7 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 64 m – 499 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 10.9°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 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.