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Monterey Bay

Notes – Residency

12th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Notes
Notes Confirmed in the catalog @11156
Aug 12 – Nov 5, 2017 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Nov 2017

127 m
Deepest dive
4:24
Longest dive
134
Dives
Sightings
12
Days between first and last sighting
85
Deepest dive on record
127 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 12, 2017231 m—117 m
Aug 13, 201776 m—45 m
Aug 15, 2017254 m—127 m
Aug 16, 201771 m—51 m
Aug 24, 2017216 m—55 m
Aug 31, 2017108 m—14 m
Sep 1, 201764 m—42 m
Sep 2, 201721 m—18 m
Sep 3, 2017101 m—80 m
Sep 16, 2017194 m—76 m
Sep 17, 201798 m—41 m
Nov 5, 2017134 m—22 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 12, 2017 — seafloor 231 m (measured), deepest dive 117 m (modelled)Aug 12Aug 13, 2017 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Aug 13Aug 15, 2017 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 127 m (modelled)Aug 15Aug 16, 2017 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Aug 16Aug 24, 2017 — seafloor 216 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Aug 24Aug 31, 2017 — seafloor 108 m (measured), deepest dive 14 m (modelled)Aug 31Sep 1, 2017 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Sep 1Sep 2, 2017 — seafloor 21 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Sep 2Sep 3, 2017 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Sep 3Sep 16, 2017 — seafloor 194 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Sep 16Sep 17, 2017 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Sep 17Nov 5, 2017 — seafloor 134 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Nov 5

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

Dives

127 m
Deepest dive
4:24
Longest dive
134
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
12
Sightings
85
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150127 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (254 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 15, 2017

measured
Seafloor depth
254 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 12 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
21 m – 254 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 10.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 12 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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