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Monterey Bay

Sketch – Residency

25th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Sketch
Sketch Confirmed in the catalog @1095
Jul 29 – Aug 10, 2019 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Aug 2019

48 m
Deepest dive
1:48
Longest dive
14
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
12

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 29, 201966 m14.7°C—
Jul 30, 201997 m14.5°C—
Aug 1, 201994 m14.7°C—
Aug 7, 201972 m13.1°C—
Aug 8, 201980 m13.2°C—
Aug 9, 201954 m13.0°C37 m
Aug 10, 201980 m13.3°C48 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, 2019 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 29Jul 30, 2019 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 30Aug 1, 2019 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 1Aug 7, 2019 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 7Aug 8, 2019 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 8Aug 9, 2019 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Aug 9Aug 10, 2019 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Aug 10

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

Dives

48 m
Deepest dive
1:48
Longest dive
14
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
12
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255048 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (80 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 10, 2019

measured
Seafloor depth
80 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.3°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
54 m – 97 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.0°C – 14.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 6.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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