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Monterey Bay

Bear – Residency

15th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Bear
Bear Confirmed in the catalog @11057
Jul 18 – 25, 2020 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul 2020

85 m
Deepest dive
4:57
Longest dive
28
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
6

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 18, 2020567 m15.0°C85 m
Jul 19, 20201,329 m14.8°C67 m
Jul 25, 202084 m16.6°C66 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 18, 2020 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Jul 18Jul 19, 2020 — seafloor 1,329 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Jul 19Jul 25, 2020 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Jul 25

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

Dives

85 m
Deepest dive
4:57
Longest dive
28
Dives
33 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
6
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010085 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 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 18, 2020

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.0°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
84 m – 1,329 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.8°C – 16.6°C
Distance from shore
7.0 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 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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