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Monterey Bay

Inverse – Residency

100th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Inverse
Inverse Confirmed in the catalog @125
May 2 – Oct 13, 2020 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · May – Oct 2020

237 m
Deepest dive
8:28
Longest dive
241
Dives
Sightings
19
Days between first and last sighting
164

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 2, 202088 m12.7°C78 m
May 13, 2020170 m14.1°C77 m
Jun 23, 202078 m14.7°C63 m
Jun 28, 202074 m15.0°C52 m
Aug 9, 2020192 m15.6°C111 m
Aug 12, 2020670 m16.4°C113 m
Aug 14, 202022 m17.7°C14 m
Aug 15, 2020135 m17.9°C83 m
Aug 16, 2020149 m17.5°C69 m
Aug 21, 202090 m16.3°C63 m
Aug 25, 202018 m15.2°C14 m
Aug 27, 2020274 m15.4°C100 m
Aug 28, 2020204 m15.1°C70 m
Aug 29, 2020294 m15.2°C212 m
Sep 4, 202094 m16.7°C81 m
Sep 5, 202092 m17.3°C46 m
Sep 23, 2020481 m15.4°C237 m
Oct 12, 202080 m15.1°C63 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 2, 2020 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)May 2May 13, 2020 — seafloor 170 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Jun 23, 2020 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Jun 28, 2020 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Aug 9, 2020 — seafloor 192 m (measured), deepest dive 111 m (modelled)Aug 9Aug 12, 2020 — seafloor 670 m (measured), deepest dive 113 m (modelled)Aug 14, 2020 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 14 m (modelled)Aug 15, 2020 — seafloor 135 m (measured), deepest dive 83 m (modelled)Aug 16, 2020 — seafloor 149 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Aug 16Aug 21, 2020 — seafloor 90 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Aug 25, 2020 — seafloor 18 m (measured), deepest dive 14 m (modelled)Aug 27, 2020 — seafloor 274 m (measured), deepest dive 100 m (modelled)Aug 28, 2020 — seafloor 204 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Aug 28Aug 29, 2020 — seafloor 294 m (measured), deepest dive 212 m (modelled)Sep 4, 2020 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Sep 5, 2020 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Sep 23, 2020 — seafloor 481 m (measured), deepest dive 237 m (modelled)Sep 23Oct 12, 2020 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Oct 13, 2020 — seafloor 170 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)

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

Dives

237 m
Deepest dive
8:28
Longest dive
241
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
19
Sightings
164
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250237 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (481 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

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Place

Where this happened · Sep 23, 2020

measured
Seafloor depth
481 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.4°C
Distance from shore
13.0 km

Across the residency · 19 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
18 m – 670 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.7°C – 17.9°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 14.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 19 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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