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Monterey Bay

Ruth – Residency

47th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Ruth
Ruth Confirmed in the catalog @1324
Sep 20 – Oct 7, 2020 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Sep – Oct 2020

185 m
Deepest dive
5:31
Longest dive
89
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
17

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 20, 2020532 m14.9°C185 m
Sep 21, 2020133 m15.4°C35 m
Sep 24, 2020266 m15.7°C87 m
Sep 25, 2020105 m15.7°C46 m
Sep 26, 2020332 m15.9°C161 m
Oct 7, 2020567 m15.7°C143 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Sep 20, 2020 — seafloor 532 m (measured), deepest dive 185 m (modelled)Sep 20Sep 21, 2020 — seafloor 133 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Sep 21Sep 24, 2020 — seafloor 266 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Sep 24Sep 25, 2020 — seafloor 105 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Sep 25Sep 26, 2020 — seafloor 332 m (measured), deepest dive 161 m (modelled)Sep 26Oct 7, 2020 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 143 m (modelled)Oct 7

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

Dives

185 m
Deepest dive
5:31
Longest dive
89
Dives
32 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
17
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200185 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (532 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 20, 2020

measured
Seafloor depth
532 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.9°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
105 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.9°C – 15.9°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 16.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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