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Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

Merlot – Residency

43rd sighting in Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
Fluke of Merlot
Merlot Confirmed in the catalog @5320
May 16 – Sep 26, 2023 · Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

Glacier Bay & Icy Strait · May – Sep 2023

166 m
Deepest dive
4:29
Longest dive
385
Dives
Sightings
31
Days between first and last sighting
133
Deepest dive on record
166 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 16, 2023125 m8.4°C99 m
May 17, 202372 m9.0°C45 m
May 28, 2023217 m9.0°C119 m
Jun 12, 2023347 m9.4°C166 m
Jun 20, 2023121 m11.0°C89 m
Jun 22, 2023107 m11.6°C54 m
Jun 23, 202358 m11.5°C45 m
Jun 25, 2023121 m12.3°C90 m
Jun 25, 202397 m12.3°C43 m
Jun 26, 2023100 m12.7°C37 m
Jul 2, 202362 m12.2°C52 m
Jul 2, 202374 m11.8°C61 m
Jul 2, 202382 m11.9°C54 m
Jul 2, 202373 m11.9°C50 m
Jul 6, 202376 m13.1°C53 m
Jul 7, 2023122 m13.7°C68 m
Jul 7, 2023153 m13.7°C128 m
Jul 7, 202387 m13.6°C77 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 16, 2023 — seafloor 125 m (measured), deepest dive 99 m (modelled)May 16May 17, 2023 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)May 28, 2023 — seafloor 217 m (measured), deepest dive 119 m (modelled)Jun 12, 2023 — seafloor 347 m (measured), deepest dive 166 m (modelled)Jun 20, 2023 — seafloor 121 m (measured), deepest dive 89 m (modelled)Jun 22, 2023 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Jun 23, 2023 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Jun 23Jun 25, 2023 — seafloor 121 m (measured), deepest dive 90 m (modelled)Jun 25, 2023 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Jun 26, 2023 — seafloor 100 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Jul 2, 2023 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Jul 2, 2023 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Jul 2, 2023 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Jul 2Jul 2, 2023 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Jul 6, 2023 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jul 7, 2023 — seafloor 122 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Jul 7, 2023 — seafloor 153 m (measured), deepest dive 128 m (modelled)Jul 7, 2023 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Jul 7, 2023 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Jul 7Jul 8, 2023 — seafloor 125 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Jul 10, 2023 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Jul 11, 2023 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Jul 11, 2023 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Jul 11, 2023 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Jul 11, 2023 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jul 11Jul 14, 2023 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Jul 24, 2023 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Jul 26, 2023 — seafloor 40 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Aug 3, 2023 — seafloor 505 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Sep 19, 2023 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Sep 26, 2023 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Sep 26

Depth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.

Dives

166 m
Deepest dive
4:29
Longest dive
385
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
31
Sightings
133
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200166 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (347 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

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Place

Where this happened · Jun 12, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
347 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.4°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 31 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
40 m – 505 m
Sea-surface temperature
8.4°C – 15.0°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 5.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 31 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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