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Monterey Bay

Flopsy – Residency

113th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Flopsy
Flopsy Confirmed in the catalog @1392
Aug 7 – Dec 10, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Four Months in the Bay

Been hanging around the old neighborhood again, same waters calling me home.

243 m
Deepest dive
8:23
Longest dive
363
Dives
Sightings
33
Days between first and last sighting
125

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 7, 2024567 m14.9°C131 m
Aug 8, 202479 m14.6°C64 m
Aug 9, 2024567 m14.4°C38 m
Aug 12, 2024107 m13.4°C88 m
Aug 17, 202492 m14.4°C31 m
Aug 18, 2024202 m14.6°C82 m
Aug 22, 202487 m14.1°C30 m
Aug 30, 2024104 m15.9°C80 m
Sep 4, 202495 m16.1°C73 m
Sep 6, 2024567 m16.6°C52 m
Sep 6, 2024567 m16.6°C243 m
Sep 8, 202447 m16.5°C26 m
Sep 9, 2024396 m15.7°C48 m
Sep 20, 202434 m15.1°C9 m
Sep 24, 2024567 m15.2°C139 m
Oct 16, 202454 m15.5°C45 m
Oct 17, 202468 m15.3°C45 m
Oct 20, 202477 m14.6°C44 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 7, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 131 m (modelled)Aug 7Aug 8, 2024 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Aug 9, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Aug 12, 2024 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 88 m (modelled)Aug 17, 2024 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Aug 18, 2024 — seafloor 202 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Aug 22, 2024 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Aug 22Aug 30, 2024 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Sep 4, 2024 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Sep 6, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Sep 6, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 243 m (modelled)Sep 8, 2024 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Sep 9, 2024 — seafloor 396 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Sep 9Sep 20, 2024 — seafloor 34 m (measured), deepest dive 9 m (modelled)Sep 24, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 139 m (modelled)Oct 16, 2024 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Oct 17, 2024 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Oct 20, 2024 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Oct 21, 2024 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Oct 21Oct 23, 2024 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Oct 26, 2024 — seafloor 90 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Oct 27, 2024 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Nov 3, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 159 m (modelled)Nov 5, 2024 — seafloor 113 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Nov 8, 2024 — seafloor 44 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Nov 8Nov 9, 2024 — seafloor 103 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Nov 16, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 96 m (modelled)Nov 16, 2024 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Nov 23, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 175 m (modelled)Nov 23, 2024 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Nov 29, 2024 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Nov 29Dec 7, 2024 — seafloor 398 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Dec 10, 2024 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)

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

Dives

243 m
Deepest dive
8:23
Longest dive
363
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
33
Sightings
125
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250243 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

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Place

Where this happened · Sep 6, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.6°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 33 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
34 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.8°C – 16.6°C
Distance from shore
1.0 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 33 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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