Merlot – Residency
15th sighting in Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
Merlot @5320
Jul 12 – Aug 27, 2019 · Glacier Bay & Icy Strait
Glacier Bay & Icy Strait · Jul – Aug 2019
130 m
Deepest dive
4:48
Longest dive
85
Dives
- Sightings
- 9
- Days between first and last sighting
- 46
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 2019 | 86 m | 14.2°C | 64 m |
| Jul 14, 2019 | 107 m | 13.0°C | 79 m |
| Jul 14, 2019 | 150 m | 13.1°C | 58 m |
| Jul 15, 2019 | 90 m | 13.8°C | 38 m |
| Jul 15, 2019 | 135 m | 13.8°C | 92 m |
| Jul 31, 2019 | 95 m | 12.1°C | 82 m |
| Aug 13, 2019 | 154 m | 14.8°C | 32 m |
| Aug 15, 2019 | 151 m | 14.0°C | 21 m |
| Aug 27, 2019 | 435 m | 11.8°C | 130 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
130 m
Deepest dive
4:48
Longest dive
85
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
46
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 (435 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 27, 2019
measured- Seafloor depth
- 435 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km
Across the residency · 9 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 86 m – 435 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.8°C – 14.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 3.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 9 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.