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Gulf of the Farallones

Keiko the Humpback – Residency

1st sighting in Gulf of the Farallones
Fluke of Keiko the Humpback
Keiko the Humpback Confirmed in the catalog @1141
Aug 17 – Sep 29, 2024 · Gulf of the Farallones

Farallon Summer's End

These familiar waters held me through the turning season's quiet weeks.

46 m
Deepest dive
2:38
Longest dive
12
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
43

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 17, 202453 m13.8°C41 m
Sep 29, 202456 m15.8°C46 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 17, 2024 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Aug 17Sep 29, 2024 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Sep 29

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

Dives

46 m
Deepest dive
2:38
Longest dive
12
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
43
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255046 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (56 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 · Sep 29, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
56 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.8°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
53 m – 56 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.8°C – 15.8°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 19.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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