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Monterey Bay

Swoosh – Residency

57th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Swoosh
Swoosh Confirmed in the catalog @11
Jun 26 – Nov 18, 2019 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jun – Nov 2019

111 m
Deepest dive
4:00
Longest dive
258
Dives
Sightings
24
Days between first and last sighting
145

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 26, 201930 m16.0°C26 m
Jun 27, 2019109 m15.7°C74 m
Jun 28, 201992 m15.4°C57 m
Jun 28, 201976 m15.4°C67 m
Jun 29, 201948 m15.0°C39 m
Jun 29, 201937 m15.0°C26 m
Jul 1, 201951 m13.9°C17 m
Jul 2, 2019254 m13.5°C81 m
Jul 3, 2019132 m13.5°C68 m
Jul 4, 201972 m13.2°C52 m
Jul 4, 201995 m13.2°C68 m
Jul 12, 201985 m13.1°C55 m
Jul 13, 201939 m12.6°C35 m
Jul 14, 201957 m12.8°C45 m
Jul 21, 2019105 m14.0°C72 m
Jul 21, 2019160 m14.1°C111 m
Jul 21, 2019416 m14.1°C42 m
Aug 4, 201935 m14.3°C28 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 26, 2019 — seafloor 30 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Jun 26Jun 27, 2019 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Jun 28, 2019 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jun 28, 2019 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Jun 29, 2019 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Jun 29Jun 29, 2019 — seafloor 37 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Jul 1, 2019 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Jul 2, 2019 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Jul 3, 2019 — seafloor 132 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Jul 3Jul 4, 2019 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Jul 4, 2019 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Jul 12, 2019 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Jul 13, 2019 — seafloor 39 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Jul 13Jul 14, 2019 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Jul 21, 2019 — seafloor 105 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Jul 21, 2019 — seafloor 160 m (measured), deepest dive 111 m (modelled)Jul 21, 2019 — seafloor 416 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Jul 21Aug 4, 2019 — seafloor 35 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Aug 7, 2019 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Aug 8, 2019 — seafloor 194 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Oct 26, 2019 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Oct 26Nov 14, 2019 — seafloor 251 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Nov 16, 2019 — seafloor 663 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Nov 18, 2019 — seafloor 548 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)

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

Dives

111 m
Deepest dive
4:00
Longest dive
258
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
24
Sightings
145
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150111 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (160 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 · Jul 21, 2019

measured
Seafloor depth
160 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.1°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 24 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
30 m – 663 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.6°C – 16.0°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 24 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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