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Monterey Bay

Inverse – Residency

178th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Inverse
Inverse Confirmed in the catalog @125
Apr 15 – Jun 3, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Spring Feeding Season

The bay calls me back again, rich with krill and old memories.

245 m
Deepest dive
11:33
Longest dive
85
Dives
Sightings
9
Days between first and last sighting
49
Deepest dive on record
245 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 15, 2024941 m12.4°C245 m
Apr 16, 2024451 m12.1°C142 m
Apr 17, 202470 m13.2°C46 m
Apr 23, 2024112 m13.7°C60 m
Apr 23, 2024234 m14.2°C60 m
Apr 24, 2024222 m13.9°C36 m
Apr 24, 202476 m14.2°C17 m
Apr 28, 202472 m13.1°C56 m
Jun 3, 2024148 m13.9°C105 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 15, 2024 — seafloor 941 m (measured), deepest dive 245 m (modelled)Apr 15Apr 16, 2024 — seafloor 451 m (measured), deepest dive 142 m (modelled)Apr 16Apr 17, 2024 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Apr 17Apr 23, 2024 — seafloor 112 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Apr 23Apr 23, 2024 — seafloor 234 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Apr 23Apr 24, 2024 — seafloor 222 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Apr 24Apr 24, 2024 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Apr 24Apr 28, 2024 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Apr 28Jun 3, 2024 — seafloor 148 m (measured), deepest dive 105 m (modelled)Jun 3

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

Dives

245 m
Deepest dive
11:33
Longest dive
85
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
49
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250245 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (941 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 · Apr 15, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
941 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.4°C
Distance from shore
14.0 km

Across the residency · 9 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
70 m – 941 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.1°C – 14.2°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 16.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 9 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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