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Monterey Bay

Bora – Residency

23rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Bora
Bora Confirmed in the catalog @1077
Jun 11 – Sep 25, 2019 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jun – Sep 2019

71 m
Deepest dive
3:07
Longest dive
49
Dives
Sightings
11
Days between first and last sighting
106

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 11, 2019339 m13.5°C—
Jul 17, 201955 m12.6°C—
Jul 18, 201951 m12.8°C—
Jul 19, 201951 m13.8°C—
Jul 19, 201958 m13.9°C—
Jul 22, 201964 m13.9°C—
Aug 5, 201965 m13.9°C—
Aug 8, 201985 m13.2°C71 m
Aug 9, 201954 m13.0°C40 m
Aug 10, 201981 m13.3°C36 m
Sep 25, 2019105 m16.2°C54 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 11, 2019 — seafloor 339 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 11Jul 17, 2019 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 17Jul 18, 2019 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 18Jul 19, 2019 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 19Jul 19, 2019 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 19Jul 22, 2019 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 22Aug 5, 2019 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 5Aug 8, 2019 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Aug 8Aug 9, 2019 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Aug 9Aug 10, 2019 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Aug 10Sep 25, 2019 — seafloor 105 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Sep 25

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

Dives

71 m
Deepest dive
3:07
Longest dive
49
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
11
Sightings
106
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010071 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (85 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

Depth, duration and recovery resolved into a single number for this session.

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Place

Where this happened · Aug 8, 2019

measured
Seafloor depth
85 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.2°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 11 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
51 m – 339 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.6°C – 16.2°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 12.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 11 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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