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Monterey Bay

Swoosh – Residency

20th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Swoosh
Swoosh Confirmed in the catalog @11
Jul 2 – Sep 3, 2017 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Sep 2017

65 m
Deepest dive
2:32
Longest dive
69
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
63

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 2, 201743 m13.2°C39 m
Jul 20, 201720 m12.0°C18 m
Aug 12, 201771 m14.5°C46 m
Aug 21, 2017211 m16.6°C65 m
Aug 22, 2017140 m16.6°C50 m
Sep 3, 2017409 m16.7°C15 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 2, 2017 — seafloor 43 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Jul 2Jul 20, 2017 — seafloor 20 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Jul 20Aug 12, 2017 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Aug 12Aug 21, 2017 — seafloor 211 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Aug 21Aug 22, 2017 — seafloor 140 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Aug 22Sep 3, 2017 — seafloor 409 m (measured), deepest dive 15 m (modelled)Sep 3

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

Dives

65 m
Deepest dive
2:32
Longest dive
69
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
63
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010065 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (211 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 21, 2017

measured
Seafloor depth
211 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.6°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
20 m – 409 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.0°C – 16.7°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 8.0 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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