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Monterey Bay

Inverse – Residency

199th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Inverse
Inverse Confirmed in the catalog @125
Sep 2 – Oct 17, 2024 · Monterey Bay

September to October

The bay called me back again, and I answered with my familiar rhythm.

192 m
Deepest dive
6:08
Longest dive
270
Dives
Sightings
21
Days between first and last sighting
45

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 2, 2024196 m15.9°C71 m
Sep 5, 202486 m16.3°C38 m
Sep 6, 2024120 m16.7°C35 m
Sep 8, 2024104 m16.5°C62 m
Sep 10, 2024255 m15.6°C91 m
Sep 13, 2024259 m15.7°C101 m
Sep 18, 2024129 m15.1°C60 m
Sep 23, 2024567 m15.2°C192 m
Sep 29, 20241,116 m15.5°C81 m
Sep 29, 202476 m15.6°C46 m
Oct 2, 202465 m16.5°C52 m
Oct 2, 2024494 m16.5°C130 m
Oct 2, 202434 m16.6°C19 m
Oct 3, 2024114 m16.5°C73 m
Oct 4, 202434 m16.8°C29 m
Oct 5, 202477 m16.3°C50 m
Oct 7, 2024152 m17.0°C92 m
Oct 9, 202463 m16.5°C37 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Sep 2, 2024 — seafloor 196 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Sep 2Sep 5, 2024 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Sep 6, 2024 — seafloor 120 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Sep 8, 2024 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Sep 10, 2024 — seafloor 255 m (measured), deepest dive 91 m (modelled)Sep 10Sep 13, 2024 — seafloor 259 m (measured), deepest dive 101 m (modelled)Sep 18, 2024 — seafloor 129 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Sep 23, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 192 m (modelled)Sep 29, 2024 — seafloor 1,116 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Sep 29Sep 29, 2024 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Oct 2, 2024 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Oct 2, 2024 — seafloor 494 m (measured), deepest dive 130 m (modelled)Oct 2, 2024 — seafloor 34 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Oct 2Oct 3, 2024 — seafloor 114 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Oct 4, 2024 — seafloor 34 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Oct 5, 2024 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Oct 7, 2024 — seafloor 152 m (measured), deepest dive 92 m (modelled)Oct 7Oct 9, 2024 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Oct 10, 2024 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 88 m (modelled)Oct 13, 2024 — seafloor 114 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Oct 17, 2024 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Oct 17

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

Dives

192 m
Deepest dive
6:08
Longest dive
270
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
21
Sightings
45
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200192 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

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Place

Where this happened · Sep 23, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.2°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 21 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
34 m – 1,116 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.1°C – 17.0°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 20.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 21 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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