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Monterey Bay

Repeat – Residency

8th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Repeat
Repeat Confirmed in the catalog @131
Aug 15 – Sep 6, 2020 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Sep 2020

186 m
Deepest dive
5:50
Longest dive
52
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
22

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 15, 2020652 m17.0°C75 m
Aug 15, 2020509 m17.0°C86 m
Sep 3, 202083 m16.5°C52 m
Sep 5, 2020267 m17.1°C110 m
Sep 6, 2020234 m17.3°C186 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 15, 2020 — seafloor 652 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Aug 15Aug 15, 2020 — seafloor 509 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)Aug 15Sep 3, 2020 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Sep 3Sep 5, 2020 — seafloor 267 m (measured), deepest dive 110 m (modelled)Sep 5Sep 6, 2020 — seafloor 234 m (measured), deepest dive 186 m (modelled)Sep 6

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

Dives

186 m
Deepest dive
5:50
Longest dive
52
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
22
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200186 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (234 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 6, 2020

measured
Seafloor depth
234 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.3°C
Distance from shore
12.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
83 m – 652 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.5°C – 17.3°C
Distance from shore
7.0 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 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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