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Monterey Bay

Pescado – Residency

3rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Pescado
Pescado Confirmed in the catalog @13584
Sep 23 – Dec 2, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Sep – Dec 2023

58 m
Deepest dive
2:39
Longest dive
33
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
70

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 23, 2023117 m—39 m
Nov 13, 2023299 m—58 m
Dec 2, 2023893 m—24 m
Dec 2, 2023171 m—55 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 23, 2023 — seafloor 117 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Sep 23Nov 13, 2023 — seafloor 299 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Nov 13Dec 2, 2023 — seafloor 893 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Dec 2Dec 2, 2023 — seafloor 171 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Dec 2

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

Dives

58 m
Deepest dive
2:39
Longest dive
33
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
70
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010058 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (299 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 13, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
299 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
117 m – 893 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 12.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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