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Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

Merlot – Residency

76th sighting in Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
Fluke of Merlot
Merlot Confirmed in the catalog @5320
Jun 19 – Sep 8, 2025 · Glacier Bay & Icy Strait

Glacier Bay & Icy Strait · Jun – Sep 2025

116 m
Deepest dive
3:19
Longest dive
167
Dives
Sightings
15
Days between first and last sighting
81

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 19, 2025262 m10.4°C116 m
Jun 23, 2025234 m11.6°C79 m
Jun 24, 2025114 m11.5°C33 m
Jun 25, 2025-5 m10.6°C—
Jun 30, 2025127 m11.8°C77 m
Jul 2, 2025234 m11.8°C75 m
Jul 16, 2025146 m12.4°C110 m
Jul 27, 2025139 m14.6°C60 m
Aug 2, 2025116 m14.4°C59 m
Aug 11, 202525 m13.7°C20 m
Aug 12, 2025103 m13.7°C69 m
Aug 13, 202550 m13.9°C26 m
Aug 14, 2025160 m14.0°C99 m
Aug 26, 2025133 m15.1°C82 m
Sep 8, 2025-16 m14.5°C—

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 19, 2025 — seafloor 262 m (measured), deepest dive 116 m (modelled)Jun 19Jun 23, 2025 — seafloor 234 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Jun 24, 2025 — seafloor 114 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Jun 25, 2025 — seafloor -5 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 25Jun 30, 2025 — seafloor 127 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Jul 2, 2025 — seafloor 234 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Jul 16, 2025 — seafloor 146 m (measured), deepest dive 110 m (modelled)Jul 16Jul 27, 2025 — seafloor 139 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Aug 2, 2025 — seafloor 116 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Aug 11, 2025 — seafloor 25 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Aug 11Aug 12, 2025 — seafloor 103 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Aug 13, 2025 — seafloor 50 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Aug 14, 2025 — seafloor 160 m (measured), deepest dive 99 m (modelled)Aug 14Aug 26, 2025 — seafloor 133 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Sep 8, 2025 — seafloor -16 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)

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

Dives

116 m
Deepest dive
3:19
Longest dive
167
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
15
Sightings
81
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150116 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (262 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

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Place

Where this happened · Jun 19, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
262 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.4°C
Distance from shore
—

Across the residency · 15 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-16 m – 262 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.4°C – 15.1°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 15 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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