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Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

Merlot – Residency

62nd sighting in Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
Fluke of Merlot
Merlot Confirmed in the catalog @5320
Jun 1 – Sep 14, 2024 · Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

Glacier Bay & Icy Strait · Jun – Sep 2024

120 m
Deepest dive
4:10
Longest dive
231
Dives
Sightings
22
Days between first and last sighting
105

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 1, 202476 m8.1°C66 m
Jun 2, 2024111 m8.3°C41 m
Jun 4, 202478 m9.4°C49 m
Jun 10, 2024185 m8.5°C108 m
Jun 11, 2024143 m9.1°C120 m
Jun 12, 2024239 m8.6°C59 m
Jun 13, 202484 m9.2°C52 m
Jun 17, 2024139 m11.2°C35 m
Jun 18, 202484 m11.5°C71 m
Jun 25, 2024134 m11.4°C95 m
Jun 26, 202464 m9.7°C45 m
Jun 27, 2024117 m10.3°C46 m
Jun 27, 202494 m10.1°C44 m
Jun 27, 2024214 m11.3°C91 m
Jun 30, 202471 m11.6°C43 m
Aug 1, 2024109 m12.9°C76 m
Aug 5, 2024232 m14.2°C98 m
Aug 8, 202421 m15.7°C18 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 1, 2024 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Jun 1Jun 2, 2024 — seafloor 111 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Jun 4, 2024 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jun 10, 2024 — seafloor 185 m (measured), deepest dive 108 m (modelled)Jun 11, 2024 — seafloor 143 m (measured), deepest dive 120 m (modelled)Jun 11Jun 12, 2024 — seafloor 239 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Jun 13, 2024 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Jun 17, 2024 — seafloor 139 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Jun 18, 2024 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Jun 18Jun 25, 2024 — seafloor 134 m (measured), deepest dive 95 m (modelled)Jun 26, 2024 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Jun 27, 2024 — seafloor 117 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Jun 27, 2024 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Jun 27Jun 27, 2024 — seafloor 214 m (measured), deepest dive 91 m (modelled)Jun 30, 2024 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Aug 1, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Aug 5, 2024 — seafloor 232 m (measured), deepest dive 98 m (modelled)Aug 5Aug 8, 2024 — seafloor 21 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Aug 11, 2024 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 15 m (modelled)Aug 18, 2024 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Aug 18, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Aug 18Sep 14, 2024 — seafloor 149 m (measured), deepest dive 97 m (modelled)

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

Dives

120 m
Deepest dive
4:10
Longest dive
231
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
22
Sightings
105
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150120 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (143 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

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Place

Where this happened · Jun 11, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
143 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.1°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 22 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
21 m – 239 m
Sea-surface temperature
8.1°C – 15.7°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 6.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 22 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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