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Monterey Bay

Bora – Residency

30th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Bora
Bora Confirmed in the catalog @1077
Jul 29 – Sep 28, 2022 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Sep 2022

175 m
Deepest dive
5:38
Longest dive
113
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
61
Deepest dive on record
175 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 29, 2022102 m14.2°C67 m
Sep 17, 2022218 m15.2°C81 m
Sep 19, 202281 m15.4°C60 m
Sep 24, 2022240 m16.5°C175 m
Sep 26, 2022109 m16.2°C97 m
Sep 28, 202285 m16.2°C26 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 29, 2022 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Jul 29Sep 17, 2022 — seafloor 218 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Sep 17Sep 19, 2022 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Sep 19Sep 24, 2022 — seafloor 240 m (measured), deepest dive 175 m (modelled)Sep 24Sep 26, 2022 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 97 m (modelled)Sep 26Sep 28, 2022 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Sep 28

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

Dives

175 m
Deepest dive
5:38
Longest dive
113
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
61
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200175 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (240 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 · Sep 24, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
240 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.5°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
81 m – 240 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.2°C – 16.5°C
Distance from shore
4.0 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 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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