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Monterey Bay

Vishnu – Residency

2nd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Vishnu
Vishnu Confirmed in the catalog @1339
Jun 16 – Jul 2, 2012 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jun – Jul 2012

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Deepest dive
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Longest dive
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Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
16

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 16, 2012172 m11.1°C—
Jul 2, 201252 m14.8°C—

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 16, 2012 — seafloor 172 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 16Jul 2, 2012 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 2

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

Dives

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Deepest dive
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Longest dive
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Dives
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Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
16
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
02550startdive sequence (illustrative)

Modelled from the published dive-behaviour distribution. 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 2, 2012

measured
Seafloor depth
52 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.8°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
52 m – 172 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.1°C – 14.8°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km – 10.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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