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Monterey Bay

Ventana – Residency

14th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Ventana
Ventana Confirmed in the catalog @113778
Jun 17 – Oct 11, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jun – Oct 2024

113 m
Deepest dive
4:49
Longest dive
187
Dives
Sightings
14
Days between first and last sighting
116

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 17, 202470 m—62 m
Jun 17, 202484 m—28 m
Aug 17, 202492 m—66 m
Aug 19, 202485 m—74 m
Aug 20, 2024138 m—21 m
Sep 4, 202479 m—58 m
Sep 5, 202479 m—38 m
Sep 8, 2024119 m—59 m
Sep 14, 2024147 m—85 m
Sep 16, 202487 m—74 m
Oct 4, 202472 m—57 m
Oct 4, 2024122 m—71 m
Oct 7, 2024191 m—113 m
Oct 11, 202496 m—61 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 17, 2024 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Jun 17Jun 17, 2024 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Aug 17, 2024 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Aug 19, 2024 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Aug 19Aug 20, 2024 — seafloor 138 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Sep 4, 2024 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Sep 5, 2024 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Sep 5Sep 8, 2024 — seafloor 119 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Sep 14, 2024 — seafloor 147 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Sep 16, 2024 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Sep 16Oct 4, 2024 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Oct 4, 2024 — seafloor 122 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Oct 7, 2024 — seafloor 191 m (measured), deepest dive 113 m (modelled)Oct 7Oct 11, 2024 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)

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

Dives

113 m
Deepest dive
4:49
Longest dive
187
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
14
Sightings
116
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150113 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (191 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 · Oct 7, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
191 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 14 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
70 m – 191 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 13.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 14 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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