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Monterey Bay

Kelper's mom – Residency

13th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Kelper's mom
Kelper's mom Confirmed in the catalog @1407
Aug 21 – Nov 9, 2017 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Nov 2017

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Deepest dive
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Longest dive
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Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
80

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 21, 2017167 m16.6°C—
Aug 22, 2017124 m16.6°C—
Aug 28, 2017296 m15.9°C—
Aug 29, 2017191 m15.6°C—
Oct 13, 2017508 m13.6°C—
Oct 23, 2017158 m13.8°C—
Nov 9, 2017110 m14.0°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 21, 2017 — seafloor 167 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 21Aug 22, 2017 — seafloor 124 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 22Aug 28, 2017 — seafloor 296 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 28Aug 29, 2017 — seafloor 191 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 29Oct 13, 2017 — seafloor 508 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Oct 13Oct 23, 2017 — seafloor 158 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Oct 23Nov 9, 2017 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Nov 9

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
7
Sightings
80
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 · Nov 9, 2017

measured
Seafloor depth
110 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.0°C
Distance from shore
10.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
110 m – 508 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.6°C – 16.6°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 11.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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