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Monterey Bay

Doc Ted – Residency

13th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Doc Ted
Doc Ted Confirmed in the catalog @118694
May 9 – Nov 1, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · May – Nov 2024

201 m
Deepest dive
7:04
Longest dive
186
Dives
Sightings
14
Days between first and last sighting
176
Deepest dive on record
201 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 9, 2024110 m—44 m
Jul 16, 2024243 m—46 m
Jul 16, 2024567 m—201 m
Aug 7, 202452 m—44 m
Aug 8, 202477 m—22 m
Aug 31, 202497 m—81 m
Sep 14, 2024254 m—127 m
Sep 27, 2024215 m—107 m
Sep 30, 202473 m—35 m
Oct 14, 2024123 m—61 m
Oct 22, 2024193 m—140 m
Oct 22, 2024138 m—31 m
Oct 30, 202447 m—43 m
Nov 1, 202468 m—34 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 9, 2024 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)May 9Jul 16, 2024 — seafloor 243 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Jul 16, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 201 m (modelled)Aug 7, 2024 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Aug 7Aug 8, 2024 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Aug 31, 2024 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Sep 14, 2024 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 127 m (modelled)Sep 14Sep 27, 2024 — seafloor 215 m (measured), deepest dive 107 m (modelled)Sep 30, 2024 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Oct 14, 2024 — seafloor 123 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Oct 14Oct 22, 2024 — seafloor 193 m (measured), deepest dive 140 m (modelled)Oct 22, 2024 — seafloor 138 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Oct 30, 2024 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Oct 30Nov 1, 2024 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)

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

Dives

201 m
Deepest dive
7:04
Longest dive
186
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
14
Sightings
176
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250201 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 16, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 14 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
47 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 16.0 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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