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Monterey Bay

Kelper's mom – Residency

85th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Kelper's mom
Kelper's mom Confirmed in the catalog @1407
Jul 19 – Dec 5, 2019 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Dec 2019

111 m
Deepest dive
4:14
Longest dive
115
Dives
Sightings
14
Days between first and last sighting
139

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 19, 201968 m13.9°C—
Jul 21, 201976 m14.1°C—
Jul 21, 201975 m14.1°C—
Aug 6, 2019129 m13.6°C—
Oct 28, 2019163 m13.2°C102 m
Nov 2, 2019169 m13.6°C94 m
Nov 3, 2019257 m14.3°C84 m
Nov 10, 2019155 m14.2°C85 m
Nov 14, 2019139 m14.1°C37 m
Nov 15, 2019212 m14.0°C36 m
Nov 16, 2019162 m14.0°C111 m
Nov 24, 2019118 m13.8°C86 m
Nov 26, 2019211 m13.7°C80 m
Dec 5, 2019114 m13.2°C80 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 19, 2019 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 19Jul 21, 2019 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 21, 2019 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 6, 2019 — seafloor 129 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 6Oct 28, 2019 — seafloor 163 m (measured), deepest dive 102 m (modelled)Nov 2, 2019 — seafloor 169 m (measured), deepest dive 94 m (modelled)Nov 3, 2019 — seafloor 257 m (measured), deepest dive 84 m (modelled)Nov 3Nov 10, 2019 — seafloor 155 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Nov 14, 2019 — seafloor 139 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Nov 15, 2019 — seafloor 212 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Nov 15Nov 16, 2019 — seafloor 162 m (measured), deepest dive 111 m (modelled)Nov 24, 2019 — seafloor 118 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)Nov 26, 2019 — seafloor 211 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Nov 26Dec 5, 2019 — seafloor 114 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)

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

Dives

111 m
Deepest dive
4:14
Longest dive
115
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
14
Sightings
139
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150111 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (162 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 16, 2019

measured
Seafloor depth
162 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.0°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 14 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
68 m – 257 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.2°C – 14.3°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 13.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 14 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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