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Monterey Bay

Vishnu – Residency

23rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Vishnu
Vishnu Confirmed in the catalog @1339
Jun 24 – Nov 29, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jun – Nov 2024

208 m
Deepest dive
8:09
Longest dive
77
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
158
Deepest dive on record
208 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 24, 2024567 m12.7°C162 m
Jul 22, 2024115 m15.6°C44 m
Sep 1, 202485 m16.0°C71 m
Sep 3, 202499 m16.3°C77 m
Oct 19, 2024567 m14.5°C181 m
Nov 9, 2024103 m12.8°C94 m
Nov 29, 2024567 m12.9°C208 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 24, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 162 m (modelled)Jun 24Jul 22, 2024 — seafloor 115 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Jul 22Sep 1, 2024 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Sep 1Sep 3, 2024 — seafloor 99 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Sep 3Oct 19, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 181 m (modelled)Oct 19Nov 9, 2024 — seafloor 103 m (measured), deepest dive 94 m (modelled)Nov 9Nov 29, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 208 m (modelled)Nov 29

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

Dives

208 m
Deepest dive
8:09
Longest dive
77
Dives
36 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
158
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250208 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 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 · Nov 29, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.9°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
85 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.7°C – 16.3°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 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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