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Monterey Bay

Spike – Residency

13th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Spike
Spike Confirmed in the catalog @14
Jun 11 – Jul 16, 2015 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jun – Jul 2015

128 m
Deepest dive
5:21
Longest dive
144
Dives
Sightings
11
Days between first and last sighting
36

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 11, 2015254 m—107 m
Jun 15, 2015172 m—37 m
Jun 21, 2015129 m—80 m
Jun 30, 2015115 m—73 m
Jul 2, 2015243 m—128 m
Jul 6, 2015122 m—49 m
Jul 7, 201519 m—15 m
Jul 8, 201565 m—57 m
Jul 9, 2015217 m—119 m
Jul 15, 201558 m—33 m
Jul 16, 2015143 m—40 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 11, 2015 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 107 m (modelled)Jun 11Jun 15, 2015 — seafloor 172 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Jun 15Jun 21, 2015 — seafloor 129 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Jun 21Jun 30, 2015 — seafloor 115 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Jun 30Jul 2, 2015 — seafloor 243 m (measured), deepest dive 128 m (modelled)Jul 2Jul 6, 2015 — seafloor 122 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jul 6Jul 7, 2015 — seafloor 19 m (measured), deepest dive 15 m (modelled)Jul 7Jul 8, 2015 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jul 8Jul 9, 2015 — seafloor 217 m (measured), deepest dive 119 m (modelled)Jul 9Jul 15, 2015 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Jul 15Jul 16, 2015 — seafloor 143 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Jul 16

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

Dives

128 m
Deepest dive
5:21
Longest dive
144
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
11
Sightings
36
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150128 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (243 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 2, 2015

measured
Seafloor depth
243 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 11 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
19 m – 254 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 4.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 11 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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