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Monterey Bay

Vishnu – Residency

13th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Vishnu
Vishnu Confirmed in the catalog @1339
Jun 19 – Jul 23, 2021 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jun – Jul 2021

78 m
Deepest dive
2:48
Longest dive
21
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
34

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 19, 202198 m15.2°C62 m
Jul 23, 202163 m14.6°C25 m
Jul 23, 2021567 m14.7°C78 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 19, 2021 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Jun 19Jul 23, 2021 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Jul 23Jul 23, 2021 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Jul 23

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

Dives

78 m
Deepest dive
2:48
Longest dive
21
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
34
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010078 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 · Jul 23, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.7°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
63 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.6°C – 15.2°C
Distance from shore
3.0 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 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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