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Monterey Bay

Fin Diesel – Residency

40th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Fin Diesel
Fin Diesel Confirmed in the catalog @1311
Apr 13 – Aug 10, 2019 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – Aug 2019

135 m
Deepest dive
4:26
Longest dive
360
Dives
Sightings
29
Days between first and last sighting
119

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 13, 2019273 m11.7°C129 m
May 6, 2019253 m14.3°C61 m
Jun 3, 2019723 m13.7°C85 m
Jul 10, 201991 m13.3°C78 m
Jul 11, 2019237 m13.2°C135 m
Jul 12, 201950 m13.0°C36 m
Jul 13, 201939 m12.6°C32 m
Jul 14, 201970 m12.8°C47 m
Jul 15, 201984 m12.8°C73 m
Jul 16, 201987 m12.7°C68 m
Jul 17, 201972 m12.7°C60 m
Jul 18, 201961 m12.8°C47 m
Jul 19, 201952 m13.9°C31 m
Jul 20, 201954 m14.0°C18 m
Jul 21, 201959 m13.9°C47 m
Jul 22, 201964 m13.9°C52 m
Jul 23, 2019110 m15.1°C96 m
Jul 24, 2019102 m15.2°C92 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 13, 2019 — seafloor 273 m (measured), deepest dive 129 m (modelled)Apr 13May 6, 2019 — seafloor 253 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Jun 3, 2019 — seafloor 723 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Jul 10, 2019 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Jul 11, 2019 — seafloor 237 m (measured), deepest dive 135 m (modelled)Jul 12, 2019 — seafloor 50 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Jul 12Jul 13, 2019 — seafloor 39 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Jul 14, 2019 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jul 15, 2019 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Jul 16, 2019 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Jul 17, 2019 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Jul 17Jul 18, 2019 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jul 19, 2019 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Jul 20, 2019 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Jul 21, 2019 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jul 22, 2019 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Jul 22Jul 23, 2019 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 96 m (modelled)Jul 24, 2019 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive 92 m (modelled)Jul 25, 2019 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Jul 26, 2019 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Jul 27, 2019 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Jul 27Jul 29, 2019 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Jul 30, 2019 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Jul 31, 2019 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Aug 2, 2019 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Aug 4, 2019 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 13 m (modelled)Aug 4Aug 5, 2019 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Aug 8, 2019 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Aug 10, 2019 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)

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

Dives

135 m
Deepest dive
4:26
Longest dive
360
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
29
Sightings
119
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150135 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (237 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 11, 2019

measured
Seafloor depth
237 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.2°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 29 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
39 m – 723 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.7°C – 15.2°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 15.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 29 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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