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Monterey Bay

Fin Diesel – Residency

44th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Fin Diesel
Fin Diesel Confirmed in the catalog @1311
Jul 1 – Aug 24, 2021 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Aug 2021

135 m
Deepest dive
4:45
Longest dive
39
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
54

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 1, 20211,385 m14.7°C135 m
Jul 17, 2021106 m13.9°C53 m
Jul 18, 2021109 m14.1°C68 m
Aug 24, 202165 m15.9°C28 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 1, 2021 — seafloor 1,385 m (measured), deepest dive 135 m (modelled)Jul 1Jul 17, 2021 — seafloor 106 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jul 17Jul 18, 2021 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Jul 18Aug 24, 2021 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Aug 24

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

Dives

135 m
Deepest dive
4:45
Longest dive
39
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
54
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150135 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (1,385 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 1, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
1,385 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.7°C
Distance from shore
13.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
65 m – 1,385 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.9°C – 15.9°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 13.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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