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Monterey Bay

Little Dimple – Residency

9th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Little Dimple
Little Dimple Confirmed in the catalog @1384
Aug 31 – Oct 22, 2017 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Oct 2017

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Deepest dive
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Longest dive
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Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
52

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 31, 201739 m15.7°C—
Sep 22, 2017156 m15.9°C—
Sep 25, 2017236 m15.9°C—
Oct 3, 2017254 m13.8°C—
Oct 19, 2017115 m13.6°C—
Oct 22, 20171,117 m13.9°C—

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 31, 2017 — seafloor 39 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 31Sep 22, 2017 — seafloor 156 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Sep 22Sep 25, 2017 — seafloor 236 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Sep 25Oct 3, 2017 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Oct 3Oct 19, 2017 — seafloor 115 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Oct 19Oct 22, 2017 — seafloor 1,117 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Oct 22

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
6
Sightings
52
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 · Oct 22, 2017

measured
Seafloor depth
1,117 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.9°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
39 m – 1,117 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.6°C – 15.9°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 9.0 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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