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Monterey Bay

Fin Diesel – Residency

11th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Fin Diesel
Fin Diesel Confirmed in the catalog @1311
Jul 12 – Aug 21, 2018 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Aug 2018

105 m
Deepest dive
4:33
Longest dive
73
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
40

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 12, 2018511 m13.7°C105 m
Jul 13, 2018646 m14.2°C103 m
Jul 14, 2018103 m14.4°C58 m
Jul 14, 2018103 m14.4°C84 m
Aug 21, 201854 m14.2°C45 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 12, 2018 — seafloor 511 m (measured), deepest dive 105 m (modelled)Jul 12Jul 13, 2018 — seafloor 646 m (measured), deepest dive 103 m (modelled)Jul 13Jul 14, 2018 — seafloor 103 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Jul 14Jul 14, 2018 — seafloor 103 m (measured), deepest dive 84 m (modelled)Jul 14Aug 21, 2018 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Aug 21

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

Dives

105 m
Deepest dive
4:33
Longest dive
73
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
40
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150105 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (511 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 12, 2018

measured
Seafloor depth
511 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.7°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
54 m – 646 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.7°C – 14.4°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 23.0 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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