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Monterey Bay

Gator – Residency

16th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Gator
Gator Confirmed in the catalog @11114
Apr 29 – Oct 31, 2021 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – Oct 2021

312 m
Deepest dive
12:05
Longest dive
133
Dives
Sightings
16
Days between first and last sighting
185
Deepest dive on record
312 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 29, 202147 m12.2°C31 m
May 22, 202133 m12.5°C22 m
May 22, 202157 m11.9°C51 m
May 22, 202156 m12.0°C41 m
May 22, 202152 m11.9°C45 m
May 22, 2021567 m11.7°C103 m
May 23, 202158 m12.3°C40 m
May 23, 202157 m12.3°C50 m
May 26, 202131 m12.6°C28 m
Jul 17, 202161 m13.8°C49 m
Aug 20, 2021129 m16.2°C112 m
Aug 20, 2021124 m16.2°C93 m
Aug 21, 2021123 m15.8°C61 m
Oct 16, 2021208 m13.5°C57 m
Oct 16, 2021263 m13.4°C35 m
Oct 31, 2021655 m17.2°C312 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 29, 2021 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Apr 29May 22, 2021 — seafloor 33 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)May 22, 2021 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)May 22, 2021 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)May 22May 22, 2021 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)May 22, 2021 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 103 m (modelled)May 23, 2021 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)May 23May 23, 2021 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)May 26, 2021 — seafloor 31 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Jul 17, 2021 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jul 17Aug 20, 2021 — seafloor 129 m (measured), deepest dive 112 m (modelled)Aug 20, 2021 — seafloor 124 m (measured), deepest dive 93 m (modelled)Aug 21, 2021 — seafloor 123 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Aug 21Oct 16, 2021 — seafloor 208 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Oct 16, 2021 — seafloor 263 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Oct 31, 2021 — seafloor 655 m (measured), deepest dive 312 m (modelled)Oct 31

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

Dives

312 m
Deepest dive
12:05
Longest dive
133
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
16
Sightings
185
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0175350312 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (655 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

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Place

Where this happened · Oct 31, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
655 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.2°C
Distance from shore
23.0 km

Across the residency · 16 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
31 m – 655 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.7°C – 17.2°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 23.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 16 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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