Melville – Residency
5th sighting in Chatham Strait
Melville @6358
Jun 18 – Aug 11, 2023 · Chatham Strait
Chatham Strait · Jun – Aug 2023
95 m
Deepest dive
3:59
Longest dive
29
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 54
- Deepest dive on record
- 95 m · this residency
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2023 | 109 m | — | 95 m |
| Jul 24, 2023 | 142 m | — | 25 m |
| Aug 11, 2023 | 62 m | — | 50 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
95 m
Deepest dive
3:59
Longest dive
29
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
54
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 (109 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jun 18, 2023
measured- Seafloor depth
- 109 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 62 m – 142 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 5.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.