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Monterey Bay

Chardonnay – Residency

23rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Chardonnay
Chardonnay Confirmed in the catalog @106594
Mar 26 – Oct 24, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Mar – Oct 2024

160 m
Deepest dive
4:58
Longest dive
286
Dives
Sightings
21
Days between first and last sighting
212
Deepest dive on record
160 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 26, 2024107 m13.5°C69 m
Mar 27, 2024108 m13.5°C70 m
Mar 28, 2024150 m13.4°C31 m
Mar 30, 202452 m12.8°C47 m
Mar 31, 2024117 m12.9°C94 m
Mar 31, 202461 m12.9°C55 m
Apr 1, 2024114 m12.9°C83 m
Apr 2, 202455 m12.8°C48 m
Apr 3, 202489 m13.1°C37 m
Apr 7, 2024104 m12.7°C39 m
Apr 9, 2024567 m12.5°C156 m
Apr 10, 202471 m13.3°C58 m
May 4, 2024217 m11.6°C48 m
May 17, 202458 m13.1°C52 m
May 19, 202467 m13.4°C41 m
May 27, 2024209 m13.3°C126 m
May 27, 2024102 m13.4°C94 m
Aug 19, 202496 m14.9°C59 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Mar 26, 2024 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Mar 26Mar 27, 2024 — seafloor 108 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Mar 28, 2024 — seafloor 150 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Mar 30, 2024 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Mar 31, 2024 — seafloor 117 m (measured), deepest dive 94 m (modelled)Mar 31Mar 31, 2024 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Apr 1, 2024 — seafloor 114 m (measured), deepest dive 83 m (modelled)Apr 2, 2024 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Apr 3, 2024 — seafloor 89 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Apr 3Apr 7, 2024 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Apr 9, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 156 m (modelled)Apr 10, 2024 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)May 4, 2024 — seafloor 217 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)May 4May 17, 2024 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)May 19, 2024 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)May 27, 2024 — seafloor 209 m (measured), deepest dive 126 m (modelled)May 27, 2024 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive 94 m (modelled)May 27Aug 19, 2024 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Sep 30, 2024 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Oct 18, 2024 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Oct 24, 2024 — seafloor 215 m (measured), deepest dive 160 m (modelled)Oct 24

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

Dives

160 m
Deepest dive
4:58
Longest dive
286
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
21
Sightings
212
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200160 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (215 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

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Place

Where this happened · Oct 24, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
215 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.3°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 21 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
52 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.6°C – 15.5°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 16.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 21 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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